The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer in last Saturday’s Presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has won election results released from all the 11 Local Government Areas of Gombe State.
The State Collation Officer, Professor Maimuna Waziri, Vice Chancellor (VC) Federal University Gashua, said Atiku polled the highest votes of 319,123.
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu came a distant second with 146,977 votes in an election which was reported to be generally peaceful throughout the State.
Professor Waziri said total registered voters in the state stood at 1,549,243 while accredited Voters were 542,997.
She said the total votes cast stood at 533,778, while the total valid votes stood at 510,043. The rejected votes during the election was 23,735.
In the same election results, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, polled 26,160 votes, while that of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso got 10,520 votes.
