27th February, 2023
By Nabilu Balarabe
Sen. Ahmad Lawan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has defeated Sheriff Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the battle for the ticket of Yobe North senatorial election in last Saturday’s national assembly election.
Lawan scored 91,318 votes to defeat the PDP candidate in the battle for the Senatorial District election, according to results declared on Monday by the Returning Officer, Prof. Omolala Aduoju of Federal University, Gashua.
”Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest votes, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan of the APC is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” she said.
She said Abdullahi scored 22,849 votes, while the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Alhaji Garba Umar, scored 7,210 votes.
Aduoju said Action Democratic Party (ADP) scored three votes even though the party did not field a candidate in the election.
“The total votes cast in the election is 126,677 out of which 122,136 were valid and 4,541 votes were rejected,” she said.
The district comprises of Machina, Nguru, Bade, Karasuwa, Jakusko and Yusufari local government areas.
(NAN)