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BREAKING: Prominent PDP Governorship Candidate Loses Polling Unit to APC in Key Northern State
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BREAKING: Prominent PDP Governorship Candidate Loses Polling Unit to APC in Key Northern State

by  Nurudeen Lawal 1 min read

Gombe State - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Gombe state, Muhammed Barde, has lost his polling unit to Governor Muhammadu Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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The Assistant Presiding Officer I of the unit, Abubakar Salisu, announced the result, according to Premium Times.

Legit.ng gathers that the polling unit is at Usman Memorial Bajoga Ward 006 in Gombe Local Government Area.

He said the PDP governorship candidate polled 160 votes while Yahaya of the APC got 195 votes. Kamisu Mailantarki of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) got six votes in the unit.

Source: Legit.ng

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Nurudeen Lawal (Head of Politics and Current Affairs Desk) Nurudeen Lawal is an AFP-certified journalist with a wealth of experience spanning over 8 years. He received his B/Arts degree in Literature-in-English from OAU. Lawal is the Head of the Politics/CA Desk at Legit.ng, where he applies his expertise to provide incisive coverage of events. He was named the Political Desk Head of the Year (Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award 2023). He is also a certified fact-checker (Dubawa fellowship, 2020). Contact him at lawal.nurudeen@corp.legit.ng or +2347057737768.

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