JUST IN: Court declares Natasha of PDP winner of Kogi Central senatorial poll
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Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party—PDP for Kogi Central Senatorial district, has been declared as winner of the February 25 election.
In a landmark judgement on Wednesday, Justice K.A. Orjiakoin, chairman of the election petition tribunal ruled that Uduaghan scored 54,064 votes to defeat his closest rival Sadiku-Ohere of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 51,291 votes.
He however, urged Ohere to pay Akpoti-Uduaghan N500,000 for the cost of the petition.
