PDP governorship candidate loses own local govt in Kwara
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara, Razak Atunwa, lost the governorship election in his Asa local government area to the All Progressives Congress .
Mr Sanusi, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Lafia, said AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of the APC polled 16,246 to defeat Mr Atunwa who scored 8,963 votes. APC scored 344 votes in Okeso Ward to defeat PDP with 239 votes while in Laduba Ward, APC polled 1,243 as against 362 votes garnered by PDP.
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