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Apc Loses Second Senatorial Seat in Kogi

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has lost the Kogi Central senatorial seat to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

It is the second senatorial seat the ruling party has lost in Kogi State.

On Tuesday, the Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Lokoja, the state capital, had nullified the victory of Jibrin Isah of the APC as the winner of the Kogi East Senatorial Election and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to conduct supplementary elections in the district.

The tribunal, led by Justice Kemakolam Ojiako, declared Akpoti-Uduaghan the winner of the election, nullifying the election victory of the APC candidate in the February 25 poll.

VOP Lagos

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