President Bola Tinubu has Saturday won the All Progressives Congress presidential primary election in Gombe State by a wide margin, scoring 450,517 votes.
Tinubu’s only opponent in the exercise, Stanley Osifo, did not get a vote in any of the 11 local government areas of the state.
The exercise co-ordinator and Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, announced the results at APC Square.
Yahaya said the figures were submitted by the primary election collation officers in the 11 local government areas.
The governor, while addressing party officials, stakeholders and supporters during the collation exercise, said the primary was peaceful and followed the party’s guidelines.
He said 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. Tinubu’s highest number of votes was from Gombe Local Government Area with 112,414 votes.
Other results showed Tinubu got 22,998 votes in Kaltungo, 25,305 in Kwami and 21,388 in Nafada.
He also polled 12,765 votes in Shongom, while Yamaltu/Deba gave 75,067 votes. Yahaya revealed that the state had 550,516 registered APC members.
He praised party officials, delegates and members for their peaceful behaviour and commitment to the democratic process.
