Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has jubilantly reacted to the ruling of Kogi State Election Petitions Tribunal giving her victory.
Theliberationnews reported on Wednesday that the tribunal ruled in favour of Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party by declaring her winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial election held in February.
The Tribunal also in its Wednesday judgment invalidated the victory of Senator Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress.
Justice K. A. Orjiako, chairman of the Tribunal delivered the unanimous judgment of the three-man panel, revealing that Ohere’s results were inflated in nine polling units in the Ajaokuta Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
The Tribunal chairman added that the Independent National Electoral Commission reduced Akpoti-Uduaghan’s results in those areas and omitted the results of three other polling units meant for Natasha in the same LGA.
Following the necessary corrections, the court declared her the winner of the election with 54,074 votes, surpassing Ohere, who got 51,291 votes.
Reacting to her hard earned deserved victory, the popular mother of one wrote via her social media: “We WON!!! Victory for Kogi Central, Kogi state and Nigeria. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of PDP declared winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial Election 2023. Thank you God.”
Some of her fans, friends and well-wishers, including internet personality Dabota Lawson and former Super Eagles player Daniel Amokachi, congratulated Akpoti-Uduaghan in the comment section.
