The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya as winner of March 9 gubernatorial election held in the state.
The state Returning officer, Professor Saminu Abdulrahman Ibrahim, Vice Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi said the APC candidate polled a total of 364,179 votes to returned elected.
He defeated his main challenger, Senator Usman Bayero Nafada of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who scored a total of 222, 868 votes and 30 other governorship candidates who altogether scored 21,799 votes.
“I, Professor Saminu I Abdulrahman, hereby certify that Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” the returning officer declared.
Our correspondent reports that Inuwa Yahaya of APC won in 10 out of the 11 LGAs of the state with a margin of 141,311 votes against PDP’s Bayero who won only Nafada LGA.
The victory of Inuwa Yahaya has ended the 16 years of PDP rule in the state. The party has been in power since 2003 when Muhammad Danjuma Goje wrested power from late Governor Abubakar Habu Hashidu of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).
The official results declared are as follows;
Akko LG
APC – 58,479
PDP – 30,832
Balanga LG
APC – 30,479
PDP – 18,192
Billiri LG
APC – 18,612
PDP – 18,063
Dukku LG
APC – 27,302
PDP – 16,807
Funakaye LG
APC – 29,191
PDP – 20,020
Gombe LG
APC – 68,384
PDP – 21,674
Kaltungo LG
APC – 26,744
PDP – 22,259
Kwami LG
APC – 30,539
PDP – 18,240
Nafada LG
APC – 9,018
PDP – 17,937
Shongom LG
APC – 13,463
PDP – 12,993
Yamaltu/Deba LG
APC – 51,521
PDP – 25,852
Total Registered voters: 1, 394,386
Total Accredited Voters: 627,457
Total Valid Votes: 608,846
Total Invalid Votes: 14,384
Total Votes Cast: 623,230
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