The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba have emerged winner of the all chairmanship positions at the just-concluded Local Government election held on Saturday. Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Philip Duwe, State disclosed this on Sunday while declaring the results of the election at the commission’s headquarters in Jalingo.
Duwe said a total of six political parties contested for both chairmanship and councillorship positions across the 16 LGAs in the state.
He added that results of the 165 contested councilorship seats were declared at the various LGAs.
He said, “the election was keenly contested by six political parties and the PDP has won overwhelmingly from the results here declared.
“The results announced at the local government collation centres are legally valid and what we are doing is just to validate what has been announced.
“We are very grateful to the media for the objective coverage from the onset of this journey to this point.
“Despite the hard times, you have shown absolute commitment and resilience. You have served your fatherland excellently and you can hold your shoulders high.”
According to him, the commission would study reports of the electoral process from various quarters for a better performance in future.
He said further that, “To assert credibility, we must get as much observation and criticisms of what we are doing and suggestions of ways we can improve.
“I led a team of highly respected journalists, election observers and other people to a polling unit and we did not see any election activity happening.
“This should tell you that we did not teleguide anything. Otherwise, I would not have led a team to such a place. So I must admit that this is a process and you can not have absolute control over anything.”
Duwe called on those who lost at the poll to be patient, saying everyone has a duty to sustain the peace in the state.
