The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the Plateau State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Caleb Mutfwang, as the winner of Saturday 18th March 2023 governorship election.
The result declared by the INEC Presiding Officer, Professor Idris Amali, after counting the votes scored by parties that participated in the election shows that Mutfwanhg had the highest votes beating the All Progressives Candidate, Nentawe Yilwatda.
The PDP governorship candidate won in 10 local government areas while the APC won 7 Local Government Areas.
Mutfwang polled 525,299 votes to defeat his closest rival of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Nentawe Yilwada, who scored 481,370 votes in a keenly contested election.