Plateau APC Primary Committee Declares Gagdi Winner, Disowns Earlier Result

The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Plateau State Primaries Electoral Committee, Stella Okotete, has dismissed earlier results announced in the Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam (PKK) House of Representatives primary election, describing them as unauthorised.

The committee also declared Hon. Yusuf Gagdi as the winner of the primary election.

LEADERSHIP recalls that Mr Monday Daspan had declared a different outcome, recognising John Tongshinen as the winner and suggesting that the incumbent lawmaker, Yusuf Gagdi, lost the party’s ticket.

Okotete, who addressed newsmen in Jos on Monday, clarified that only the officially appointed returning officer, Nandom Andrew Kura, has the constitutional authority to declare the results of the primary election.

She stressed that any prior announcements made outside this mandate were invalid and should be disregarded.

Following the clarification, Kura officially declared Yusuf Gagdi as the winner of the APC primary election for the PKK federal constituency held on Saturday.

According to the results, a total of 31,150 votes were cast during the direct primary election, with Gagdi polling 29,207 votes to defeat four other aspirants.

Gagdi, while addressing journalists after the declaration, insisted that the process was duly conducted across all 36 electoral wards.