Sen Ahmed Lawan 


President of the Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan, has emerged winner in  Yobe North Senatorial district election held on Saturday, Feb 25, 2023


The Returning Officer of the zone, Professor Omolola Aduoju of the  Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, announced the result at Umar Suleiman College of Education,  Gashua.


Aduoju said Lawan polled 91,318 votes to defeat his rival of the PDP,Ilu Alhaji-Bello, who got 22,849 votes out of the 122,136 total valid votes cast.


Hon Femi Gbajabiamila



In a related development, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has been re-elected for the sixth term to represent Surulere 2 Federal Constituency.


Gbajabiamila polled 19,717 votes to defeat other candidates


In the results declared by returning officer, Virgy Ebere  Onyene, PDP scored 5,121 to come second while Labour Party has no candidate in the election. SDP polled 838 votes while ZLP got 660.


The tussle for  Nasarawa West Senatorial District seat was won by Hon  Ahmed Wadada of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), 

says Prof. Nasirudeen Baba, INEC Returning Officer for the Nasarawa West Senatorial District  after the collation of results on Monday at the Zonal collation centre in Keffi LGAs of the state.


According to him, following the election held on Feb 25, Wadada polled a total of 96, 488 votes as against the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who scored 47,717 votes.


The name of APC candidate was not on the list due to legal case at the Supreme Court that has been resolved in favour of Shehu Tukur.


Baba added that Alhaji Musa Galadima of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 46, 820 votes while Mr Bala Tongurma of Labour Party scored 33, 228 votes.


He said total votes cast for the election was 234, 040, while total valid votes amounted to 228,917 with 5,123 votes rejected.


“I Associate Professor Nasirudeen Baba hereby certify that I am the returning officer for the 2023 Nasarawa West Senatorial District election held on the 25th of February, 2023.


“That Wadada Ahmed of SDP having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” he said.


Dailyledger.com.ng reports that Nasarawa West Senatorial District was represented at the Senate by  the APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu   before his election as the APC National Chairman in 2022.


 

From Imo State, INEC, announced opposition spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as duly elected PDP member of the House of Representatives for Ideato South and North Federal Constituency.


Ugochinyere, whose uncle, Daniel Ikeagwuone and two others  were murdered by unknown gunmen on January 14 when  his Akokwa country home was attacked and burnt down in  a swift reaction, dedicated his victory  to his late  Uncle