Mass Jubilation In Plateau Over PDP’s Victory In State Guber Election (Photos)

• PDP supporters were seen on the street of Jos celebrating.

• This coming after the party’s candidate emerged as the winner of the state guber election.

• The PDP candidate won with a total of 525,299 votes.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that PDP supporters have taken to the streets in Jos to celebrate the victory of the party’s candidate in the state Guber candidate.

Residents in Jos erupted in celebration after INEC declared Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Caleb Mutfwang the winner of Saturday’s Plateau governorship poll.

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This online media platform earlier reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, declared Mutfwang as the winner of the governorship election.

The INEC Presiding Officer, Musa Yusuf, declared that Mutfwang had the highest votes beating the All Progressives candidate, Nentawe Yilwatda.

Yusuf disclosed that the PDP candidate polled 525,299 votes, while his APC counterpart scored 481,370 to come second and the LP flagbearer polled 59,410 votes to come a distant third.

He added that the PDP won ten local government areas in the state, while the APC won seven LGAs.

Following the announcement, some PDP supporters were seen singing, dancing, and partying on the street of Jos, the Plateau state capital on Monday afternoon.

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