By Marcus Ikechukwu
Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the presidential election has secured a landslide victory from results released from all 11 Local Government Areas of Gombe State.
Announcing the results at about 01:00 am on Monday, the Gombe State Collation Officer: Professor Maimuna Waziri, Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gashua said, Atiku who runs his ticket with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, polled the highest votes of 319,123.
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu came a distant second with 146,977 votes.
During the announcement of the results, Professor Maimuna said the total registered voters in the state stood at 1,549,243 while accredited Voters were 542,997.
She also explained that the total votes casts stood at 533,778 while the total valid votes stood at 510,043. The rejected votes during the election were 23,735.
The candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, polled 26,160 votes while that of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso got 10,520 votes.
