Mr. Halliru Jika, the senatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged winner of Saturday’s election for Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Igbere Tv reports.
Usman Elnafaty, the Returning Officer, while announcing the result in Darazo town on Monday, said the winner polled 120,871 votes to defeat contestants of two other political parties.
Candidates of other political parties that contested with him were Bappah Aliyu of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), who got 66,024 votes and Isa Hamma of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 57,069 votes.
The Bauchi Central Senatorial District comprises of six Local Government Areas of Ganjuwa, Darazo, Misau, Dambam, Ningi and Warji.
Meanwhile, some domestic observers who spoke to the our newsmen in Darazo, Kabir Danbaiwa and Said Ahmed, have attributed the delay in the collation of results to the inefficiency of some collation officers.
However, they commended the INEC, for adequate provision of electoral materials and logistics, which had resulted in the peaceful conduct of the elections in the State.
Candidates of other political parties that contested with him were Bappah Aliyu of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), who got 66,024 votes and Isa Hamma of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 57,069 votes.
The Bauchi Central Senatorial District comprises of six Local Government Areas of Ganjuwa, Darazo, Misau, Dambam, Ningi and Warji.
Meanwhile, some domestic observers who spoke to the our newsmen in Darazo, Kabir Danbaiwa and Said Ahmed, have attributed the delay in the collation of results to the inefficiency of some collation officers.
However, they commended the INEC, for adequate provision of electoral materials and logistics, which had resulted in the peaceful conduct of the elections in the State.
