Zulum re-elected Borno governor, sweeps all LGAs
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno the winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
While announcing the result, the Returning Officer, Jude Rabo, said Mr Zulum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) pulled 545,542 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mohammed Jajari of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 82,147 votes.
Mr Zulum defeated the other 11 contestants in the race.
APC won all 28 House of Assembly seats in Borno, with the incumbent speaker of the assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan (APC-Guzamala), who is the longest-serving speaker winning for the fifth time.
(NAN)
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