The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the incumbent governor of Yobe, Mai Mala Buni, is the victor of the governorship election that took place on Saturday in the state.
The announcement of the result was made on Sunday in Damaturu by the INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Umaru Pate.
Pate reported that Buni, candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), received 317,113 votes to defeat Alhaji Sherif Abdullahi, candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 124,259 votes. Pate said that Buni’s vote total was announced.
“That Buni Mai Mala of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner of the election and returned elected,” he said. “That Buni Mai Mala of APC is hereby declared the winner of the election and returned elected.”
Pate, who is also the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Kashere in Gombe, stated that Alhaji Garba Umar of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) came in a distant third with 14,246 votes, and Arabi Mohammed of the Action Alliance (AA) polled 3,260 votes. Pate is also the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Kashere in Gombe.
He stated that the number of voters who were registered was 1,485,141, while the total number of voters who were accredited was 459,492. He also stated that the number of valid votes was 444,567, while the number of rejected votes was 13,214, and the total number of votes cast was 457,781.
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