The National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Saturday, lost his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Nasarawa State.
Adamu, who voted at the GRA (A1) Polling Unit 010, in Keffi, headquarters of Keffi Local Government Area, lost to the main opposition party – the PDP – with 159 votes, against 129 votes secured by his party.
The outcome showed a difference of 30 votes between both parties in the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Presiding Officer, Okoh Ebenezer Everest.
Adamu had earlier lost the polling unit to the Labour Party (LP) in the presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25.
According to the latest results, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) got one vote, while the Labour Party (LP), which created an upset during the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections, recorded zero vote.
The Labour Party in the State had earlier collapsed its structure into the PDP for the governorship and State House of Assembly polls.
Adamu, who lost his senatorial district to Ahmed Wadada of the SDP in the National Assembly elections three weeks ago, also lost the State House of Assembly poll to the PDP.
In the result announced by INEC, PDP polled 133 votes against APC’s 108, while the SDP polled 33 votes.