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PDP’s Gov. Dankwambo loses senatorial seat to APC

by The Eagle Online
February 25, 2019
in Politics
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Breaking: Cross River APC can’t present candidates for Saturday’s polls – INEC
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The Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for Gombe North Senatorial District, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo, has been defeated by Alhaji Sa’idu Alkali of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s National Assembly election.
Gombe North Senatorial District has five Local Government Areas (LGAs); Nafada, Kwami, Gombe, Dukku and Funakaye.
Dankwambo was defeated in four out of the five LGAs in the District, including his LGA, Gombe.
Dr. Umar Gurama, the Returning Officer of Gombe North Senatorial District, announced the results at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office collation centre in Mallam Sidi, Kwami LGA.
Gurama declared Alkali winner of the election, having fulfilled the requirements of the law and scored the highest votes in Gombe North Senatorial District.
Alkali scored 152,546 votes to defeat Dankwambo, who scored 88,016 votes.
Gurama said: “In Kwami LGA, APC scored 26,964 votes, while the PDP scored 14,105 votes.
“In Gombe LGA, APC scored 60,934 votes against PDP’s 31,106.
“In Dukku LGA, APC scored 26,394 votes, while the PDP polled 13,106 votes.
“In Funakaye LGA, APC scored 28,544 votes against 17,204 votes for PDP.
However, Dankwambo won in Nafada LGA, scoring 12,335 votes, while APC scored 9,710 votes.
Nafada is the hometown of the PDP governorship candidate, Senator Usman Nafada of Gombe North Senatorial District.
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