APC Kicks As PDP Sweeps All Taraba Local Council Poll

In a landslide victory, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has swept all the seats in the just concluded local government council election held in Taraba State on Saturday while the All-Progressives Congress has described the election as a sham.

The ruling party in the state, according to the Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission, TSIEC, swept all the 16 local government chairmanship seats and 168 ward councilorship positions.

The chairman of the Commission, Dr Philip Duwe while announcing the results of the elections on Sunday in Jalingo, the state capital noted that only six out of the 19 registered political parties participated in the election.

The election, according to him, was keenly contested.

“The results announced at the local government collation centres are legally valid and what we are doing is just to validate what has been announced.

“We are very grateful to the media for the objective coverage from the onset of this journey to this point.

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“Despite the hard times, you have shown absolute commitment and resilience. You have served your fatherland excellently and you can hold your shoulders high,” he said.

Meanwhile, the major opposition party, All- Progressives Congress, APC, has called for the cancellation of the election.

Reacting to the results announced by TSIEC, the APC state chairman, Barrister Ibrahim Tuktur El-Sudi, who described the exercise as “a sham”, said results were already entered in favour of the PDP before the commencement of the election.