The Returning Officer for the All Democratic Congress gubernatorial primary in Borno State, Adamu Mustapha, has announced Babagana Buhari as the winner of the election.
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Announcing the election results on Monday night, Adamu Mustapha said Babagana Buhari emerged after pulling 71,867 votes to beat the other two aspirants.
Announcing the election results on Monday night, Adamu Mustapha said Babagana Buhari emerged after pulling 71,867 votes to beat the other two aspirants.
He said, “The following are the aggregations of the 27 local government areas; the total number of registered voters is 102,900. The total number of accredited voters is 85,567. The total number of valid votes is 74,933, while the total number of invalid votes is 74,933.
Given the breakdown of the result by aspirants, he said, “Here are the scores. Babagana Buhari pulled 71,867 votes, Sanusi Kashim Ibrahim scored 1,033, while Attom Muhammad Magira scored 4,033.”
He declared, “By the power vested in me by the constitution of the ADC, and other regulations in the state, I hereby declare Babagana Buhari, who scored the highest vote with 71,867, as the winner of the contest of the Borno state ADC gubernatorial direct primaries.”
The party had recently concluded plans to field three consensus candidates for the Borno Central, South, and North Senatorial seats.
According to the party, Baba Gana Zanna is to contest Borno Central, Idris Mamman will contest Borno South, while Bulama Fugu Ibrahim will battle for the Borno North seat in the national assembly.
Addressing newsmen on Shortly after the unveiling, the Organising Secretary of the ADC in Borno, Muhammed Bolori, said the party is confident of electoral victory
“For the senatorial position, there is no contest. All three consensus candidates, Baba Gana Zanna, Idris Mamman, and Bulama Fugu Ibrahim, have been affirmed. There is no opposition in that. We have reached a consensus,” He stressed.
