Once more, former minister emerges Taraba LP guber candidate

A former Minister of Labour and Productive, Senator Joel Danlami Ikenya, emerged because the governorship candidate of the Labour Occasion, LP, over the weekend, after profitable the rerun of the occasion’s main election in Taraba State.

The Federal Excessive Court docket in Jalingo, the state capital, had on Saturday, 4th February 2023 ordered a recent main election performed inside 10 days.

The rerun, which was performed on the weekend on the occasion’s state secretariat, was monitored by safety operatives and officers of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC.

Saying the outcomes, the Returning Officer of the first election, Herbert Alexander declared that 82 votes had been forged for Joel Danlami Ikenya, whereas his opponent, Evangelist Philip Munlip, polled zero votes with one vote declared invalid.

Alexander additionally recommended the delegates and occasion members within the state for the peaceable conduct of the first train.

Chairperson of the Taraba State Labour Occasion, Esther Gulmu Johnson, expressed happiness that the first election occurred with none incident.

Among the occasion’s devoted who bared their minds to DAILY POST expressed optimism on the occasion’s likelihood to wrest energy from the Peoples Democratic Occasion(PDP) on the coming election.

Once more, former minister emerges Taraba LP guber candidate