Senator Saidu Akali of
the All Progressives Congress (APC) has defeated Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim
Dankwambo, in Gombe North senatorial district election.
The returning officer, Dr
Umar Gurama, of Federal University, Kashere declared the APC candidate as the
winner in the early hours of Monday.
Senator Akali dashed
Governor Dankwambo’s hope to represent the people of the senatorial zone after
polling a total of 152,546 votes to emerge the winner of the race. The
governor, who ran on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
suffered a defeat with a wide margin, having scored 88,016 votes.
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