The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state.

Announcing the result at the INEC headquarters in Damaturu, the State Returning Officer, Prof Umar Pate said Buni of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 317,113 to defeat his closest rival, Sheriff Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 104,259.

Mai Bala Bumi

Buni a former caretaker chairman of the APC, is returning as the governor of the North-East state for the second time under the APC.

FINAL RESULTS FOR YOBE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

REGIS. VOTERS 1,485,146

ACCREDITED VOTERS 459,492

APC =317,113
2. LP =428
3. NNPP =14,246
5. PDP. =104,259

INEC Declares PDP’s Umo Eno As Akwa Ibom Gov-Elect

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno as the winner of the March 18 governorship poll in the state.

Umo Eno

Eno polled 354,348 to defeat his closest rivals — Akanimo Udofia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 129,602 votes and Labour Party (LP)’s Uduakobong who got 4,746 votes.

He was declared the winner by INEC Returning Officer in the state, Prof Emmanuel Adigio.

A former Commissioner for Lands in Akwa Ibom, Eno is the anointed candidate of the incumbent governor, Udom Emmanuel, whose two terms of eight years will end on May 29, 2023.