By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)
Incumbent governor of Gombe State and the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, has been declared the winner of last Saturday's gubernatorial poll in Gombe State.
Yahaya polled a total of 342,821 votes to beat his close rival, Muhammad Jibrin Barde of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 233,131, while Khamisu Ahmad Mailantarki of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) came third with a total of 19,851 votes in the week's poll.
Announcing the results, the state returning officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Gashua, Prof. Maimuna Waziri, explained that a total of 618,231 persons were accredited out of the total 1,575,794 registered voters. She added that a total of 616,745 were cast in the election while a total of 605,355 valid votes were recorded, and a total of 11,390 were rejected.
She said, “Yahaya Muhammad Inuwa of the APC having certified the requirements by law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and returned elect”.
NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER Newspaper Correspondent reports that Gombe state is one of the 14 States listed to be top among the rival opposition party. NNL.
