February 28, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Kogi central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has lost her bid to represent the district in the national assembly.
Akpoti-Uduaghan was defeated by Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in the just concluded national assembly election.
Rotimi Ajayi, INEC Returning Officer for Kogi Central senatorial district, announced the result on Tuesday, in Okene, Kogi State.
He said Sadiku-Ohere had 52,132 votes, while Natasha had 51,763 votes.
“Engineer Abubakar Sadiku-Ohere of the APC, having scored the highest votes in the election for the Kogi central senatorial seat, is hereby declared winner, and is therefore returned elected,” Ajayi said.
Supporters of the APC candidate were seen jubilating after the result was declared.
On Thursday, Akpoti-Uduaghan accused the Kogi Government of trying to disenfranchise voters in the state.
She alleged that the Government carried out a road excavation around Ihima, Okehi LGA of the State, to influence voters’ turnout for the just-concluded presidential and national assembly elections.
However, the Kogi Government had said the excavation was a security measure.
