PDP picks 75 year-old Useni to face Lalong in Plateau
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senator jeremiah useni 75 years old has emerged the governorship candidate of the peoples democratic party pdp in plateau in the 2019 general elections1 useni will face incumbent governor simon bako lalong 20 years his junior. lalong belongs to the all progressives congress apc. he also bagged the second term ticket of his party unopposed on sunday. lalong who is from shendam lga was born on 5 may 19631 useni polled 1018 votes to defeat 12 other candidates at the partys primaries.his closest rival johnbull shekarau got 340 votes1 in all 2097 delegates from the seventeen local government areas voted at the primaries1 useni a serving senator representing plateau south senatorial zone in the senate was once the minister of the federal capital territory abuja and a former minister of transport. he was also between 1984 and 1985 the military governor of the old bendel state now made up of edo and delta state1 he was also a very close ally of former military head of state general sani abacha1 he was born 16 february 1943 in langtang and joined the army after his early education. he rose to the post of lt. general before retiring in 19991 prior to the commencement of voting senator victor lar on behalf of the aspirants promised promised to support whoever emerges as the winner in plateau state1 other parties will also sooner announce their candidates1