Labour Party Candidate, Ireti Kingibe Wins FCT Senate Seat
By Boniface Ihiasota, USA
Mrs Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP) has been declared the winner of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senate seat by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The announcement was made by INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Sanni Saka of the University of Abuja on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to Saka, Ireti received 202,175 votes to emerge as the winner. Mr Philip Aduda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came in second with 100,544 votes, while Mr Angulu Dobi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) placed third with 78,905 votes.
“I, Prof. Sanni Saka, certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2023 FCT Senatorial district election held on Feb. 25. The election was contested, and the candidates received the votes as announced,” Saka said.
“Ireti Kingibe, having satisfied the requirement of the law, has been declared the winner.”
Saka further explained that the issue with the Bwari result that was earlier canceled had been rectified, and the result had been certified as valid.
However, he added that the result for Abaji remained canceled as the problem had not been sorted out.
Sulieman Ango, the APC agent, and Abdulrahman Mohammed of the PDP refused to sign the result sheet, claiming that it was not authentic.
