Makarfi loses senatorial seat to CPC

Zaria – Sen.  Ahmed Makarfi of  PDP has lost Kaduna North Senatorial seat to CPC’s Baba Datti-Ahmed.

Announcing the result in Zaria, Friday, INEC Returning officer, Dr Fidelis Tisa, said  Baba-Ahmed polled 366,398 votes while Makarfi had 365,043 votes.

He said ANPP’s Aminu Abdulfatah got 22,937 votes while Aliyu Umar of  PRP polled 4,519 votes.

Tisa  said the senatorial district recorded a total vote cast of  792,806  votes out of  which  14,236  were rejected.

The News Agency of  Nigeria, NAN, reports that PDP’s agent, Malam Nuhu Ibrahim, however, rejected the result, alleging irregularities in the process.

He submitted three copies of his  petition to  INEC for  consideration.