President Bola Tinubu has on Saturday won the All Progressives Congress presidential primary election in Gombe State by a wide margin, scoring 450,517 votes.
Tinubu’s sole opponent in the exercise, Stanley Osifo, did not get a vote in any of the state’s 11 local government areas.
The exercise coordinator and Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, announced the results at APC Square.
The figures came from the primary election collation officers in the 11 local government areas, Yahaya said.
Addressing party officials, stakeholders and supporters during the collation exercise, the governor said the primary was peaceful and in accordance with the party’s guidelines.
He added that the results from Gombe State would be sent to Abuja for final collation and official announcement by the APC national leadership.
The breakdown of the results showed that Tinubu polled 5,873 votes in Akko, 23,307 in Balanga and 23,675 in Billiri.
He won Dukku with 24,964 votes and Funakaye with 22,761 votes. Gombe Local Government Area had the highest number of votes for Tinubu, with 112,414 votes.
Other results indicated that Tinubu polled 22,998 votes in Kaltungo, 25,305 votes in Kwami and 21,388 votes in Nafada.
He also polled 12,765 votes in Shongom, while Yamaltu/Deba gave 75,067 votes. Yahaya disclosed that the state has 550,516 registered APC members.
He praised party officials, delegates and members for their peaceful conduct and dedication to the democratic process.
