PRP Wins Bauchi Federal Constituency Seat
The ruling All Progressives Congress
(APC) in Bauchi State has again lost another seat in the National
Assembly to the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).
While declaring the results of the
Bauchi Federal Constituency late Monday night at the INEC collation
centre in Bauchi, the Returning Officer for the election Ibrahim Yakubu
declared the candidate of the PRP, Abdullahi Yakubu Shehu, as the winner
having polled 69,088 votes, while his closest rival, Mohammed Sabo of
the ruling APC, polled 53,470 votes just as the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) candidate, Aminu Garu, emerged third with 43,727 votes.
The Returning Officer said: “The PRP
candidate, Abdullahi Yakubu Shehu, having satisfied the requirements of
the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner
of the Bauchi Federal Constituency.”
With this result, Bauchi State APC has
now lost two seats in the House of Representatives following the
declaration of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara of
the PDP as the winner of the Dass/Tafawa-Balewa /Bogoro Federal
Constituency.
Bauchi Federal Constituency result.
PRP 69,088
APC 53,470
PDP 43’527
APC 53,470
PDP 43’527

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