By; BUHARI B. BELLO, Jos
Hon. Musa Agah, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the by-election for Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency.
He scored 40, 343 votes to beat the candidates of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Hon. Muhammad Gwani who scored 37,757 votes and the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Abbey Aku favourite of the state government, who scored 26, 111 votes.
Returning officer, Dr. Oyeyinka Oyerinde of the Department of Computer Science, University of Jos, while declaring the results on Sunday at the Jos North Local Government Area Collation Centre, said Musa scored the highest number of votes and was thus returned elected.
