First female Gov may emerge as APC takes lead in Taraba

BY JOHN MKOM, JALINGO The governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress in Taraba state Sen. Aisha Jumei Al-hasan has taken over a slide lead of the governorship election count ahead of PDP candidate Dickson Ishaku as more local government areas submits their results. If she polls more votes and wins the election she will become the first female governor in Nigeria. Sen Aisha Jumei Al-hasan APC candidate gained huge number of votes from Gasol local government area to overtake the PDP which was initially leading. The local government areas that have presented their results so far includes- Jalingo APC-37,714 PDP-19,047 Ardo-Kola APC-13,042 PDP-14,041 Lau APC-13,096 PDP-20,598 Gasol APC-42,888 PDP-12,527 Zing APC-5,224 PDP-28,005 Yoro APC-6,936 PDP-18,696 Gashaka APC-9,882 PDP-7,120 The remaking nine Loca government areas were yet to arrive at the time of this report.