Baba Wali, the immediate past Secretary to the Yobe State Government (SSG), has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state.
Muttaqha Darma, the minister of housing and urban development and the returning officer of the election, announced the results in Damaturu on Friday.
He said Mr Wali polled 236,711 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Abubakar Kagu, who scored 9,748 votes.
Mr Darma said Bashir Machina scored 1,894 votes, Yunusa Mustapha, 1,178 votes, Hamidu Alhaji, 1,722 votes, while Yunusa Mohammed and Maaji Modu polled 1,148 and 1,372 votes, respectively.
“That Baba Malam Wali, having satisfied the requirements of the APC constitution and guidelines and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner of the primary election and returned elected as the party’s governorship candidate for Yobe,” the returning officer said.
