Allied Peoples Movement also secures 319 of the 323 councillorship seats contested across Bauchi State, according to BASIEC.
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has won all 20 chairmanship seats contested in the Bauchi State local government elections held on Monday, according to results declared by the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC).
The commission also declared APM candidates winners in 319 out of the 323 councillorship seats contested across the state.
The Chairperson of BASIEC, Jummai Abubakar, announced the results following the conclusion of voting, counting, collation and verification across the 20 Local Government Areas.
Abubakar said all 20 APM candidates emerged victorious in their respective Local Government Areas.
According to the commission, Bappah Aliyu won Alkaleri Local Government Area with 107,482 votes, while Umar Mohammed emerged victorious in Bauchi LGA with 125,170 votes. Zakka Luka won Bogoro LGA with 25,282 votes.
In Dambam LGA, Iliya Isah polled 19,730 votes, while Ya’u Sade won Darazo with 67,276 votes. Mohammed Jibo emerged winner in Dass LGA with 35,264 votes.
Other declared winners included Ali Babayo in Gamawa LGA with 54,423 votes; Mohammed Idris in Ganjuwa with 24,150 votes; Mustapha Musa in Giade with 33,864 votes; Dankawuwa Ya’u in Itas/Gadau with 24,989 votes; and Inuwa Abdullahi in Jama’are with 36,766 votes.
The results place APM in control of all 20 chairmanship positions in Bauchi State’s local government councils, while the party also secured an overwhelming majority of the councillorship seats.
BASIEC said the declarations followed the completion of the electoral processes, including voting, counting, collation and verification of results.
