Former Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako has won the governorship election in the state for a second term in office
In the Saturday election, Nyako polled 302,986 votes
to beat his Action Congress of Nigeria opponent, Markus Gundiri, who
polled 260, 405 votes. The candidate for the Congress for Progressive
Change, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), scored 107,564 votes to came
third.
Nyako won in 14 of the 21 local goverments while the ACN candidate won in eight.
The returning officer, Prof. Mohammed Mohammed, who
is the Vice-Chancellor of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University,
announced the results in Yola on Sunday.
Nyako was one of the five governors sent packing
after the Supreme Court declared that their tenure had expired
penultimate Friday.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday congratulated Nyako on his victory.
A statement from the Special Adviser to the President
on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said Jonathan urged Nyako “to
receive the fresh mandate given to him by the people of Adamawa State
for a second term in office as a call to further duty in the service of
his people and an immense opportunity to carry forward the policies,
projects and programmes initiated during his first term to promote
progress and development in Adamawa State.”
The President also commended the members of the PDP
National Executive Council, members of the state executive of the party
and all stakeholders of the party in Adamawa State “for working very
hard to ensure that Admiral Nyako won convincingly on Saturday.”
Jonathan also praised the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies for the success of the election.
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