The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared a winner for the Yobe South Senatorial District election.
This follows the conclusion of the supplementary polls conducted on Saturday, April 15, 2023.
According to the results declared by the Returning Officer, Abatcha Melemi at the Federal College of Education (Technical) Potiskum, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ibrahim Bomai defeated his closest opponent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Halilu Mazagane.
Bomai polled 69,596 while Mazagane polled 68,885 votes.
It would be recalled that INEC had earlier declared the election in the zone inconclusive resulting from overvoting at Manawachi polling unit in the Fika Local Government Area of the state.
The Returning Officer after declaring the winner however didn’t answer questions from journalists, as he said his mandate was just to declare the winner.
