The incumbent Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared
Lalong polled 595, 582 votes to defeat his closest rival, Sen. Jeremiah Useni of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 546, 813 votes.
The declaration came after supplementary elections were conducted in 40 polling units of nine local government areas of the state.
Returning Officer and the Vice Chancellor of University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Prof. Richard