INEC Declares APC's Abner Dabo, winner of karim 1 bye election.
Nigeria’s electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared APC candidate Abner Shittu Dahbo winner of Saturday’s bye election for Karim 1 State Constituency of the Taraba State House of Assembly. The APC candidate clinched the seat with 5,895 votes defeating the PDP candidate Ajuji Kanda Ali who got 5,488 votes, Badina Garba of the ADC, a renowned medical Doctor in the state who scored 1774 votes and the SDP candidate Abubakar Jamilu Garba who followed them with 149 votes. Declaring the results in Karim Lamido headquarter of the Local Government, the INEC returning officer said the election was highly contested and appreciated the candidates, their supporters, the entire people of Karim 1 State Constituency and all political Parties that participated in the bye election for exhibiting a high degree of maturity. The bye election followed the resignation of the former member, Dr. Mike Dio Jen who was appointed Commissioner for Tertiary Institutions by the G...