PDP’s Happiness Akawu secured 9,926 votes in Saturday’s election to defeat Yakubu Sanda of the APC, who polled 7,936 votes.
The security men on guard at the speaker’s residence and other police officers from the Rantya Division foiled the attempted kidnap.
Workers in the state on Sunday night embarked on a five-day sit-at-home warning strike for non-payment of staff salary and other welfare issues.
The budget shows an increase of N32.6 billion on the approved budget for 2022.
The governorship candidate said religion and ethnicity were the key inhibitors of the nation’s unity and progress.
The speaker of the Plateau House of Assembly, Yakubu Sanda has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election.
It was not exactly clear if the police whisking away the embattled speaker was an arrest or to tame the chaos at the assembly complex.
Aside from the police and civil defence, a detachment of Operation Safe Haven personnel has also been deployed to the complex.