The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the former National Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Yobe state.
Announcing the result early Monday morning, INEC’s Returning Officer for the governorship election, Professor Abubakar Musa Gundiri, who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Wukari, said Buni of APC emerged winner having scored the highest votes.
Gundiri said Buni had scored a total of 444,013 votes to defeat his rival of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Amb. Umar Iliya Damagum, that polled 95,703 votes.
“I, Professor Abubakar Gundiri, hereby certify that Mala Buni, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared winner of the election,” he announced.
The Returning Officer explained that the exercise has a total of 1,365,913 registered voters, 546,391 accredited voters, of which, 560,492 of them voted.
Of the total votes cast, Gundiri said, a total of 546,391 were valid votes while 14,101 are invalid.
However, the final result sheet was signed by the party agents of PDP, Dr Abdu Bulama and Dr Zaji Bunu of APC.
They both described the election as smooth, peaceful and commended INEC for conducting a hitch-free exercise.
Our correspondent reports that the former APC scribe, Buni, has won all the 17 local government areas of Yobe state.
List of the governorship results from the 17 local government areas of the state are as follow:
Damaturu:
APC 26,087
PDP 3,760
Reg. voters 108,425
Accredited voters 31,631
Gaidam:
APC 18724
PDP 2760
Reg voters 69298
Accredited 2240
Nguru:
APC 28,366
PDP 19,468
Reg voters 91,486
Accredited 50,728
Bade:
APC 32,213
PDP 8,854
Reg voters 104,421
Accredited 43,140
Yunusari:
APC 28,858
PDP 893
Reg voters 67,364
Accredited 30127
Karasuwa:
APC. 24,262
PDP 2,762
Reg voters 54,568
Accredited 27,802
Yusufari:
APC 22,221
PDP 2,964
Potiskum:
APC 54,773
PDP 5,114
Reg voters 164,405
Accredited 53,284
Fune LGA:
APC 36,040
PDP 14,327
Reg voters 114,794
Accredited 52772
Jakusko:
APC. 30,828
PDP. 5,887
Reg voters. 79760
Accredited 37713
Bursari:
APC 20,657
PDP 2,813
Reg voters 58,406
Accredited 24,301
Gulani:
APC 21,765
PDP 4,576
Reg voters 63,394
Accredited 26,967
Fika:
APC 36,519
PDP 9,552
Reg voters 100,725
Accredited 47,872
Machina:
APC 16,950
PDP 2,164
Reg voters
Accredited
Nangere:
APC 25,698
PDP 4,765
Reg voters 76,279
Accredited 32,085
Tarmuwa:
APC 11,338
PDP. 3,925
Reg voters 41,712
Accredited 16,126
Gujba:
APC 17,714
PDP 1,119
Reg voters 66,030
Accredited 19,702
