The ruling People Democratic Party, PDP,
in Gombe State has won all the seats
contested in the Council polls conducted
on Saturday.
Announcing the result in Gombe on
Sunday, Caleb Maina, Chief Returning
Officer and Chairman of the Gombe
State Independent Electoral Commission,
GOSIEC, stated that PDP won all the 114
councillorship and 11 chairmanship
positions.
Mr. Maina listed those who won the
chairmanship positions as Jani Bello
(Akko), Bakari Kaltuma (Balanga), Faruk
Lawining (Billiri),Abdulqadir Rasheed
(Dukku), Yusuf Ibrahim (Funakaye) and
Sani Dogarai (Gombe)
Others were Abubakar Danzaria
(Kaltungo), Hassan Marafa (Kwami),
Hamza Dadum (Nafada), Danladi Garba
(Shongom) and Haruna Samanja
(Yamaltu-Deba).
Mr. Maina said the law establishing
GOSIEC had empowered Presiding
Officers to announce those who won as
councillors at the polling units.
“Respective results for the councillors
election had already been announced,
which indicated that PDP won all the
councillor seats in all the 114 wards of
the 11 local government areas.
He said that the state chief judge had
already established a panel to entertain
petitions from those dissatisfied with the
outcome of the election.
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