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- Pix(above): Mrs. Ireti Kingibe
The FCT senatorial candidate of the Labour Party, Ireti Kingibe, has been declared winner of the February 25 senatorial election, having trounced the erstwhile Senator Philip Aduda who has been occupying the seat for the past 12 years.
She garnered 202,175 votes to defeat Philip Aduda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who had occupied the seat since 2011.
Aduda polled 100,544 votes to come second in the race while Angulu Dobi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came third with 78,905 votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Professor Sanni Saka, of the University of Abuja, announced the result on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said that Kingibe, who is the wife of one-time Secretary to the Government of the Federation and running mate of MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election, Babagana Kingibe, scored 202,175 votes to emerge winner.
Saka, while declaring the result, said: “I, Prof. Sanni Saka, hereby 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.
“That Ireti Kingibe, having satisfied the requirement of the law, has been declared the winner,” Saka said.
He explained that the problem with the Bwari result that was earlier cancelled was rectified and the result certified as valid.
He, however, said that the result for Abaji remained cancelled because the problem had not been sorted out.
Suleiman Ango, the APC agent and that of PDP, Abdulrahman Mohammed, refused to sign the result sheet, saying it was not authentic.
Aduda, the longest-serving senator to represent FCT in the red chamber, had earlier served two terms in the House of Representatives between 2003 and 2011./SHARE THIS