Ruling Peoples 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) said PDP won all 11 chairmanship and all 114
councillorship position.
Maina listed those who won the chairmanship positions as Alhaji Jani
Bello (Akko), Alh. Bakari Kaltuma (Balanga), Mr Faruk Lawining
(Billiri), Alhaji Abdulqadir Rsheed (Dukku), Alaji. Yusuf Ibrahim
(Funakaye) and Alhaji Sani Dogarai (Gombe).
Others were Mr Abubakar Danzaria (Kaltungo), Alhaji Hassan Marafa
(Kwami), Alhaji Hamza Dadum (Nafada), Mr. Danladi Garba (Shongom) and
Alhaji Haruna Samanja (Yamaltu-Deba).
Maina said the law establishing GOSIEC had empowered presiding
officers to announce those who won as councillors at the polling units.
He said, “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.