Nigeria: INEC Issues Certificate of Return to PDP's Jarigbe

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Nigeria: INEC Issues Certificate of Return to PDP's Jarigbe

[Leadership] The Independent National Electoral Commission has issued a fresh Certificate of Return to Hon. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe as the winner and duly elected candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party to represent the Cross River North Senatorial District.

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