The Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni has won his re-election as governor of the North East state under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mai Mala Buni won in all 17 local government areas of the state with a total of 317,113 votes.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sharif Abdulahi, came a distant second with a total score of 104,259
Announcing the results at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Damaturu, the Returning Officer for the Gubernatorial election in the state and who is also VC of the Federal University of Kashere, Gombe state, Prof. Umar Pate, said accredited voters are 459,492, valid votes 444,567 and total votes cast are 457,781.
Buni is a former caretaker chairman of the APC.
Meanwhile, Kanyi Daily reported that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia is coasting to victory following his lead in the governorship race following results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
INEC has so far released results for 11 out of the 23 local government areas in the state.

Related

You may be interested

God Blessed My Family, We Don’t Need Nigeria’s Wealth To Survive – Remi Tinubu
Webby - May 29, 2023Remi Tinubu, the wife of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has declared that God has blessed her family and they do…

Nigerians Reacts As Tunde Bakare Vows He Will Never Call Tinubu “My President”
Webby - May 29, 2023The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has vowed that he won’t refer to President-elect…

What Tinubu’s swearing-in will do to me – Peter Obi opens up
Webby - May 28, 2023The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has declared that the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as the President of…