Governor Muhammadu Yahaya of Gombe State has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

This is as the Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Umar Namadi has won the governorship election in the state.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer of the state, Professor Maimuna Waziri, announced on Sunday that Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored a total of 342,821 votes to get re-elected as governor of the state.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Muhammad Jibiri Barde, emerged second with a total of 233,131 votes, while the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) candidate, Khamisu Mailantarki, polled 19,861 votes.

Deputy Governor Umar Namadi Wins Jigawa Governorship Election

Meanwhile, the incumbent deputy governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has been declared the winner of the state governorship election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Sunday that Namadi won in 26 of the 27 Local Government Areas (LGA) in the state with a total of 618,449 votes.

Namadi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated his closest rival, Mustapha Lamido of the People Democratic Party (PDP), who emerged second with a total of
368,726 votes.

The candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Aminu Ibrahim, came in a distant third with 37,156 votes.

INEC’s returning officer, Umar Zaiyan, said, “I, Prof. Umar Zaiyan, hereby certify that Umar Namadi of the APC has satisfied the requirements of the law and is declared the winner of the Jigawa governorship election.”

The state has 2,351,298 registered voters, out of which 1,073,540 voters were accredited for the governorship election. The total number of votes cast was 1,052,793, with 20,226 of them being rejected and the valid votes were 1,032.567.

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