JUST-IN: INEC Makes U-turn On Yobe South Supplementary Poll, Declares Winner 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescinded the decision on the Yobe South supplementary election billed this Saturday in Yobe State and declared Senator Ibrahim Mohammed Bomoi as the winner of the election, which was earlier declared inconclusive.

INEC had on the February 27, 2023 declared the Yobe South senatorial district’s election as inconclusive over the cancellation of a polling unit at Manawaci in Fika local government area of the district, necessitated by over-voting that exceeded the margin between the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 69,417 votes and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 68,800 votes.

The returning officer of the senatorial district, Dr Abatcha Melemi of the Federal University, Gashu’a while declaring the results in Potiskum, said Bomoi emerged winner after scoring 69,596 votes to defeat his closest contender of the PDP Abubakar Halilu who scored 68,885.

“My mandate in this exercise is just to declare the results and return the elected candidate for Yobe South Senatorial dictrict.

“I hereby certify that I am the returning officer for the 2023 Yobe South Senatorial dictrict election held on the 15th of April, 2023.

“The election was contested and the candidates received the following votes, Yarima Adamu Adamu of the ADC 652, Bomoi Ibrahim Mohammed 69,596, Jauro Ishaku Habila of LP 471, Isa Yunusa of NNPP 3,277, Abubakar Halilu of PDP 68,885, Maisambo Barde of YPP 448.

“Bomoi Ibrahim Mohammed of APC having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” he said.

Meanwhile, Bomai has in a statement issued thereafter, commended the Yobe South people for believing in him to continue representing them at the Red chamber and extended a hands of fellowship to the candidates of other political parties who contested with him for the progress of the zone.