The INEC Returning Officer for Borno state Governorship election Professor Alhassan Muhammad Gani has declared Professor Banagana Umara Zulum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the 2019 Governorship election in the state.
Gani said the APC candidate scored the highest votes cast (1175440 ) across the 27 LGAs and met the two third requirement of votes cast in the 27 local government areas (LGA) of the state to defeat his closest opponent Mohammed Alkali Imam of the PDP who scored a total of 66115 votes with a margin of 1,109,325 votes between them.
“Having met the major requirements and scored the highest votes of 1.17 million, Professor Zulum of the APC was duly returned and declared winner of the Governorship election as Governor – elect.”
The Returning Officer however said that out of total registered voters of 2316218 across the 27 LGAs of the state, there was a total of 1292138 accredited voters and a total of 1266967 valid votes while the total rejected votes stood at 22,060.
A breakdown of the scores from the 27 LGAs of Borno state include;
Mafa APC 53,011 PDP 163,
Guzamala APC 28030, PDP 277
Gubio APC 33203, PDP 419
Kaga APC 16697, PDP 1166
Konduga APC 31484, PDP 2407
Magumeri APC 22618, PDP 123
Nganzai APC 20196, PDP 907
Dikwa APC 22138, PDP 1572
Abadam APC 9568, PDP 50
Kukawa APC 29046, PDP 344
Mobbar APC 35828, PDP 622
Marte APC 19329, PDP 173
Monguno APC 41999, PDP 498
Kala Balge APC 35780, PDP 492
Gwoza APC 120313, PDP 3118
Kwaya Kursa APC 19790, PDP 6866
Ngala APC 42301, PDP 1910
Biu APC 46794, PDP 5597
Bayo APC 33752, PDP 1903
Askira/Uba APC 58719, PDP 9800
Damboa APC 36617, PDP 721
Chibok APC 19370, PDP 1504
Shani APC 23006, PDP 8205
MMC APC 168952, PDP 5493
Hawul APC 29845, PDP 7039
Bama APC 54783, PDP 1036
Jere APC 122384, PDP 3440.
