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INEC Declares Yahaya Winner Of Gombe Governorship Election

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March 19, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Inuwa Yahaya, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Gombe state.

Declaring the winner on Sunday, the Returning Officer for the election and the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Professor Maimuna Waziri, said Inuwa scored a total of 342,821 votes to get re-elected as Governor of the State.

His closest rival, Mohammed Jibrin Barde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), scored 233,131 votes.

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Ahmed Mailantarki of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) came third with 19,861 votes while Keftin Amuga of the Labour Party (LP) scored 1,753.

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