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APC sweeps all chairmanship seats in Nasarawa

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THE Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission, NASIEC, has declared the 13 chairmanship candidates of All Progressives Congress, APC, as winners of the November 2 local government election in the state.

The Chairman of the commission and Returning Officer, Mr Ayuba Wandai, made the declaration on Sunday at the commission’s office in Lafia.

Wandai also declared that the councillorship candidates of APC won in the 140 electoral wards out of 147, while candidates of opposition parties won seven councillorship seats.

According to him, the candidates of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, won one seat in Akwanga, four in Nasarawa-Eggon, while Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, won two in Doma Local Government.

He explained that nine political parties presented candidates in the local government elections.

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