By Donatus Nadi,  Lafia
Nasarawa state governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has defeated Senator Suleiman Adokwe to pick the ticket for the Nasarawa South Senatorial seat.
Almakura polled a total of 112,485 votes to defeat Sen. Adokwe of the Peoples Democratic Party  who got 104,246 votes.
The governor defeated the threethree-three-time senator in Lafia, Awe and Keana local government areas, while Adokwe won in two, Doma and Obi.
In
Awe local government, the APC polled 22,180 to defeat PDP which polled 10,699 votes. In
Keana local government  it was a close contest as the APC got 9,714 votes while the PDP got 9,141 votes.