THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mai Mala Buni of Yobe as winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Yobe State Returning Officer, Prof Umaru Pate, announced the result in Damaturu, the state capital on Sunday.
Prof Pate, also the vice chancellor, Federal University, Kashere in Gombe, said Buni of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 317,113 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Sherif Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 124, 259 votes.
“That Buni Mai Mala of APC having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner of the election, and returned elected,” he said.
Pate said Garba Umar of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) came a distant third with 14,246 votes, while Arabi Mohammed of the Action Alliance (AA) polled 3,260. (NAN)
