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BREAKING: INEC Declares Winner of Yobe State Governorship Election
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BREAKING: INEC Declares Winner of Yobe State Governorship Election

by  Nurudeen Lawal 1 min read

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the APC's Mai Mala Buni as the winner of the Yobe state governorship election.

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Announcing the result at the INEC headquarters in Damaturu, the State Returning Officer, Prof Umar Pate said Buni of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 317,113 to defeat his closest rival, Sheriff Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 104,259.

INEC Declares Mai Mala Buni Winner of Yobe State Governorship Election.
INEC Declares Mai Mala Buni Winner of Yobe State Governorship Election.
Source: UGC

Yobe state governorship election: Full results

REGIS. VOTERS 1,485,146

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ACCREDITED VOTERS 459,492

1. APC - 317,113

2. LP - 428

3. NNPP - 14,246

4. PDP. - 104,259

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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