THE senator-elect Plateau North Senatorial District, Hon Simon Mwadkwon and the rep member-elect for Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency, Hon Musa Agah, in the Saturday 25th February polls, have described the victory as a victory for the people and dedicated it to God.
The legislators stated this at their residence shortly after the announcement of the result which was made on Tuesday Morning at the Jos North Inec Office by the various returning officers.
Hon Simon Mwadkwon said the recent victory by the Peoples Democratic Party winning almost all the National Assembly seats was an indication that the state was going to return as it has always been a PDP state.
He said, he is confident that the PDP will be the next election which is the Governorship and state house of assembly elections, in Plateau state given the recent victory in the National Assembly elections.
“The People of Plateau are trying to trace their steps back to their original political party, where the party has done a lot for the state in terms of human capital development, infrastructural development, and in terms of security and many others”. Mwadkwon Said.
Also speaking, Musa Agah said “I am overwhelmed and elated and dedicate the victory to God almighty and to the teaming supporters across the Federal constituency, this is indeed a victory for democracy”
The former Rep member, Hon Musa Agah further assured of a people-driven representation and called on the other contestants to accept the will of the people in the spirit of sportsmanship.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday, declared the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Simon Mwadkwon and Musa Agah as the winners for the Plateau-North Senatorial district and Bassa/Jos North Federal constituency respectively in the elections held last Saturday.
The Returning Officer for the Plateau North Senatorial election and the Head of English Department, University of Jos, Professor Jeff Doki, announced the results.
He said that Mwadkwon polled 155,681 votes to defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Christopher Musa who polled 78,302. The candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Suleiman Kwande polled 32,607 votes.
For the Bassa/Jos North federal constituency seat, the Returning Officer, Professor Josiah Muthir of the University of Jos declared the results of the election.
According to him, the PDP candidate scored 87,609 to win the election while his closest rival, Hon Muhammad Alkali of the PRP polled 67,331.
The winners were originally meant to be announced at the Jos North Local Government Secretariat, where the Collation Center for the two elections was situated. But there was tension at the secretariat over the invasion of the collation center by thugs alleged to be loyalists of the PRP candidates.
The thugs chased the INEC officials out of the collation center leading to the relocation of the collation center to another venue in Tudun Wada community of the state.