The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Mr Leko Gambo has won the Dass/Bogoro/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency seat in Bauchi State.
The constituency is where former Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara comes from. Dogara originally was a PDP member who moved to the APC and returned to the PDP over his stand against the Muslim-Muslim ticket by the APC
INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Bala Dalhat of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, announced the result on Monday in Bununu, headquarters of Tafawa Balewa Local Government of the state.
He said Gambo scored 54,128 votes to defeat his closest rival, Magaji Kefas of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who earned 52,314 votes.
Similarly, the INEC has declared Mr Kabiru Alhaji of the APC winner for Alkaleri/Kirfi Federal Constituency election.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Surajudden Abdulsalam said the APC candidate garnered 32,257 votes against 29,713 polled by the PDP’s Umar Desu.
While Mohammed Danjuma of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) scored 2,934 votes.
“I hereby certify that I am the returning officer for the 2023 Alkaleri/Kirfi Federal Constituency election held on the 25th day of February 2023.
“The election was contested and Kabiru Alhaji of APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” he said.
