The election of the immediate past Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of the PDP as Senator for Gombe North over incumbent Senator, Saidu Alkali of the APC, was greeted with wild celebration in Gombe town.

Dankwambo, who was defeated by the same Saidu Alkali in 2019 even while Dankwambo was serving his last few months as Governor was overwhelmingly elected with 143,155 votes as against Alkali’s 77,948 votes to represent Gombe, Dukku, Nafada, Kwami and Funakaye LGAs in the upper chamber of the country’s legislature.

For Gombe Central where third-term Senator and former Governor of the State, Muhammad Danjuma Goje of the APC, got reelected for the fourth time to represent Akko and Yamaltu/Deba LGAs as Senator.

In the election results, Goje defeated Abubakar Aliyu of the PDP by polling 102,916 votes against Aliyu’s 37,870 votes, creating a distant gap of 65,046 votes.

In Gombe South, a banker turned politician, Mr. Anthony Yaro Siyako of the PDP, defeated a one-time Deputy Governor of the State, Joshua Lidani of the APC, in his first shot at partisan politics by pulling 97,956 votes as against Lidani’s 36,879 votes.

Senator-elect Tony Yaro will now represent the people of Balanga, Billiri, Kaltungo and Shongom LGAs in Nigeria’s red legislative chamber.

For the six House of Representatives seats announced at different collation centres by INEC’s returning officers, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defeated five All Progressive Congress (APC) candidates leaving one.

Those elected are as follows: Ali Isa JC (PDP) Balanga/Billiri Federal constituency, Inuwa Garba (PDP) Yamaltu-Deba Federal Constituency, Yaya Bauchi Tongo (PDP) Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency and Bala Rasheed Kelly (PDP) Dukku/Nafada Federal Constituency.

Obed Paul Shehu (PDP) Kaltungo/Shongom Federal Constituency, while Usman Bello Kumo (APC) Akko Federal Constituency was reelected. (Daily Independent)

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