The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, won the Gombe State presidential vote on February 25.
In the 11 local government areas (LGAs) of the state, he received 319,123 votes, according to the results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to the Gombe State Collation Officer, Prof Maimuna Waziri, who announced the results around 1 a.m. on Monday, the PDP candidate received the most votes in the North-East state.
The former vice president defeated his closest competitors, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), by a margin of more than 160,000 votes.
Obi received 26,160 votes, Tinubu 146,977, and Kwankwaso 10,520.