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| Meet David Ombugadu, the new governor of Nasarawa state |
Meet David Ombugadu, the new governor of Nasarawa state
The PDP candidate, David Ombugadu, has been declared the rightful winner of the governorship election in Nasarawa state by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
The tribunal delivered its verdict on Monday, October 2, 2023, and sacked Abdullahi Sule of the APC party from the office of the governor.
According to Daily Trust¹, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had earlier announced Governor Sule as the winner of the election held on March 18.
However, Mr. Ombugadu challenged the outcome of the poll at the tribunal and accused his APC rival of electoral malpractice, Channels TV² reported.
The chairman of the three-man panel of judges, Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, upheld Mr. Ombugadu's petition and declared him as the duly elected governor of Nasarawa state.
Here are six interesting facts about Mr. Ombugadu:
- He was born on January 10, 1978.
- He attended LEA Primary School in Kakuri, Kaduna State.
- He graduated with a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Jos in 2001.
- He completed his National Service (NYSC) in 2003 and proceeded to obtain his Master's degree from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology.
- He represented Akwanga, Wamba and Nasarawa Eggon federal constituency in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.
- He contested for the governorship of Nasarawa state under the platform of the PDP party in the 2019 election.
