…Inuwa Yahaya also re-elected in Gombe
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the State.
Announcing the result at the INEC headquarters in Damaturu, the State Returning Officer, Prof. Umar Pate said Buni, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 317,113 to defeat his closest rival, Sheriff Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 104,259.
Buni, a former caretaker chairman of the APC, is returning as the governor of the North-East state for the second time under the APC. Buni, a former caretaker chairman of the APC, is returning as the governor of the North-East State for the second time under the APC.
Similarly, Governor Inuwa Yahaya, of Gombe State and the candidate of the APC in the governorship election, has been declared winner of the poll.
Yahaya of the APC scored 342,821 to defeat his close contender, Mohammed Jibrin Barde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 233,131.
Ahmed Mailantarki, of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), came third with votes 19,861, while Keftin Amuga, of the Labour Party (LP), scored 1,753.
