By Muhammad Maitela, Damaturu
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared Musa Mustapha of All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of the Yobe East Bye-Election.
According to votes casted in the election, Musa Mustapha scored 68,778 votes to defeat Aji Kolomi (Ajiko) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The returning Officer of INEC, and the deputy vice chancellor Administration, Federal University Gashua (FUGA), Prof. Ibrahim Ahmed Jajere, declared Musa Mustapha winner after the counting of votes at the collation centre at Federal Polytechnic Damaturu on Sunday.
Jajere said the APC candidate polled 68,778 votes to defeat his closest rival, Aji Kolomi, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 18,878 votes.
The returning officer added that, total votes cast were 90,949 with valid votes cast being 88,771 while 2,178 votes were rejected.
He said, “I, Associate Professor Ibrahim Ahmed Jajere hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2024 Yobe East Senatorial By-election held on February 3th.
“The election was contested and Musa Mustapha of APC polled 68,778,Aji Kolomi of PDP scored,18,878.”
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