President of the Senate Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan been declared winner of the Yobe North senatorial elections on the platform of All Progressives Party (APC).
Announcing the results in Gashua town, headquarters of Bade LGA, the collation officer Professor Omolola said that Lawan scored 91,318 votes against PDP 22,849, NNPP 7,210 and ADP three votes respectively.
Meanwhile, Chief Whip of the Senate and candidate of the APC, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been declared winner of the Abia-North senatorial elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The former Abia Governor polled a total of 30,805 votes to defeat his major opponents – Mao Ohuabunwa of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) = 15,175 votes; and Nnamdi Iroh of the Labour Party = 27,540 votes.
Declaring the result at the Ohafia collation center, INEC’s returning officer for Abia-North, Mr. Chinedu Nnamdi declared Senator Kalu winner having received the constitutionally required votes.
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