Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has been declared winner of the Saturday governorship elections.
Professor Umaru Pate, Returning Officer for Yobe State announced the results at the State Collection Centre, Damaturu, stating that Buni emerged victorious after polling 317,113 votes to defeat his closest opponent Sharif Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 104,259 votes.
“That Mai Mala Buni of the APC having scored the highest number of votes cast is here by the declared winner and returned elected,” said Professor Pate.
