BREAKING: Natasha Akpoti Declared Winner Of Kogi Central Senatorial Poll

• Ohere is of the All Progressives Congress, APC
• Ohere was told pay Akpoti-Uduaghan N500,000 for the cost of the petition.

The senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has been declared winner of the Kogi East Senatorial election held on February 25, 2023.

WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja issued the declaration on Wednesday.

The tribunal Chairman, Justice K.A. Orjiakoin, in his ruling on Wednesday, said Uduaghan scored 54,064 votes to defeat his closest rival Sadiku-Ohere, who polled 51,291 votes.

As part of the ruling, Ohere, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been instructed to pay Akpoti-Uduaghan N500,000 as the cost of the petition.