By ESUT SAMUEL
Nangere (Yobe) – The Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Alhaji Saidu Baba of
the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the bye-election into the
Yobe House
of Assembly.
of Assembly.
INEC had on Saturday conducted a
bye-election to fill the vacant Nangere constituency seat, following the death
of Adamu Degubi.
Degubi was killed by unknown gunmen
in June 2012.
The INEC Returning Officer for the
election, Malam Idris Yusuf, announced that Baba polled 14,360 votes to beat
Shuaibu Ibrahim of the PDP who scored 7,851 votes.
The returning officer said 23,320
votes were cast, out of which 1,089 votes were invalidated. (NAN)
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