The Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission (YOSIEC), on Sunday, declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 17 Chairmanship seats in the just-concluded Saturday Local Government Area (LGA) elections in the state.
YOSIEC Chairman, Dr. Mammam Mohammed said this while announcing the results in Damaturu, the state capital, describing the conduct of the election as hitch free.
Giving details of the election results as announced by the returning officers across the 17 Yobe LGA, the YOSIEC Chairman said 15 local governments out of the 17 participated in the LG election unopposed.
“This is declaration of local government election before the members of the Commission, observers and members of the press.
“You have witnessed the electoral Officers submitting the reports of the election in the 17 LGAs.
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“We identified local government total number of the registered voters, rejected voters and that of vote cast to enable us judge who is the winner in that local government and the conclusion we are arriving are best on the numerical strength of votes cast as the highest in each LGA,” the Yobe SIEC Chairman said.
The results are as follows;1-Gujba LGAAPC-319592-Gulani LGAAPC-334053-Damaturu LGAAPC-33191PDP-152AA-44LP-354-Tarmuwa LGAAPC-218285-Machina LGAAPC-24198PDP-173AA-48NNPP-97LP-596-Nangere LGAAPC-418127-Geidam LGAAPC-177998-Yunusari LGAAPC-37781PDP-189NNPP-65AA-409-Yusufari LGAAPC-28930 LGAAA-1510-Potiskum LGAAPC-75185PDP-450AA-50911-FIka LGAAPC-61295PDP-140NNPP-9212-Fune LGAAPC-97243NRM-1113-Bursari LGAAPC-30799PDP-254NNPP-113LP-5114-Bade LGAAPC-55295PDP-182NNPP-18015-Jakusko LGAAPC-5026816-Karasuwa LGAAPC-35191PDP-112NNPP-9417-Nguru LGAAPC-55224PDP-780
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