Just in: PDP wins Kogi senatorial rerun election

– Isaac Alfa of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner in the Kogi East senatorial rerun election

– Alfa pulled a total of 56,572 votes against his opponent

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Kogi East Senatorial District rerun election Air Marshal Isaac Alfa, has been declared the winner.

Isaac Alfa, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged winner in the Kogi East senatorial rerun election. pic.twitter.com/kB8CnTnSEs

— PDP Youth Frontier (@PDPNYF) July 24, 2016

Professor Lucky Ovwasa, the Returning Officer (RO) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), made the announcement on Sunday, July 24, in Kogi state.

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Alfa gathered a total vote of 56,572 ahead of his opponent from the Labour Party who scored 11, 908 votes.

Folusho Adebanjo, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, described the rerun election as very peaceful and violence free.

In another development, prominent politician and businessman based in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje, is being tipped to take over the national chairmanship of the PDP.

Agbaje, who contested against Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state in 2015, is seen by some of the party members as one on whose shoulders the urgent need to restore the party’s lost glory should lie.

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