Ibrahim Bomai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the senatorial seat for the Southern part of Yobe State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) through its Returning Officer, Abatcha Melemi of the Federal University Gashua declared Bomai as senator-elect of Yobe South.
During the declaration in Potiskum, Melemi revealed that Bomai scored 69,596 votes deafing his rival, Halilu Mazagane of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who had 68,885.
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For African Democratic Congress, ADC’s Yerima Adamu, Melemi said the candidate scored 652 votes, and Jauro Ishaku of the Labour Party(LP) scored 471 votes.
While Isa Musa of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP scored 3,277 votes, with Maisambo Barde of the Young Progressives Party, YPP scored 448 in the supplementary election after INEC had declared the February 25 election inconclusive.
INEC had cancelled the Polling Unit 003 results in Manawaci in Fika Local Government Area and rescheduled for a rerun on Saturday, 15 April 2023.
The senator-elect said:
“I, Abatcha Melemi, the returning officer for the 2023 Yobe South senatorial district election, held on April 15, declares that Bomai Ibrahim Mohammed of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared as the winner and is returned elected.
“We are overwhelmed and filled with joy for the resilience and tenacity shown by the multitude of our good people of Yobe South in giving me a second mandate.”
