Gombe State Governorship Election Results 2023: Live Updates As Announced by INEC

Gombe State Governorship Election Results 2023: Live Updates As Announced by INEC

The 2023 governorship election is currently being conducted in 28 out of 34 states across Nigeria with Gombe state inclusive.

Gombe state has 11 Local Government Areas incluidng Akko, Balanga, Billiri, Dukku, Kaltungo, Kwami, Shomgom, Funakaye, Gombe, Nafada/Bajoga and Yamaltu Deba.

Gombe state, governorship candidates, 2023 governorship election, polls
Fourteen political parties and their candidates are contesting for the Gombe state governor's seat. Photo: Vanguard, Guardian
Source: UGC

In Gombe, the incumbent Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress is contesting against 13 political parties and their candidates to retain the number one seat in the state.

Other candidates in the race with Governor Yahaya are Nuhu Milah of the Action Alliance; Jibrin Suleiman of the ADP: Mohammed Adamu of the APP; Aliyu Danmacca Adamu of the AAC; of the ADC; Bello Abubakar Muhammad of the APM and Abdulhamid Sadiq of the Booth Party.

Others are Keftin Esau Amuga of the Labour Party; Khamisu Mailantarki of NNPP, Abubakar Sanusi Sulaiman of the NRM; Mohammed Jibrin of the PDP; Kelmi Jacob Lazarus of the Social Democratic Party and Muhammad Gana Aliyu of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

KALTUNGO LGA

APC: 21,015

PDP: 21,321

DUKKU LGA

APC: 35,207

PDP: 14, 181

BALANGA LGA

APC: 25,341

PDP: 20,085

NAFADA LGA

APC: 15,025

PDP: 9378

BILLIRI LGA

APC: 14,752

PDP: 23,066.

SHONGOM LGA

APC: 13,609

PDP: 13,412

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