Nigeria Decides: INEC announces winner of Borno guber election
Declaring the result, the INEC Returning Officer in the state, Prof. Alhassan Gani, said Zulum polled 1,175, 440 votes to beat his closest opponent, Muhammad Imam, of the Peoples Democratic Party , who scored 66, 115 votes.
He disclosed that a total of 1,289,027 votes were cast, out of which the APC polled 1,175,440 votes and PDP scored 66,115 votes. According to him, the APC candidate polled the highest votes cast in the 27 local government areas and fulfilled the requirements of the law. Gani commended the electorate, stakeholders, party agents, observers and security personnel for the peaceful conduct of the exercise.
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