APC SECURES ALL 17 CHAIRMANSHIP SEATS IN YOBE LG ELECTIONS
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By: Muftau Fatimo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all 17 chairmanship positions in the local government elections conducted across Yobe State on Saturday, September 26, 2026.
The results were announced on Sunday at the headquarters of the Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission (YOSIEC) in Damaturu by the commission’s chairman, Dr Ibrahim Mohammad Yabani
Yabani described the election as peaceful and successfully conducted across the state.
He said the exercise was held in all 178 electoral wards and 17 local government areas, with 10 political parties participating and fielding candidates for both chairmanship and councillorship positions.
“The elections were successfully conducted across the 178 electoral wards and 17 local government areas of the state,” Yabani said.
This robust participation reflects how keenly contested the elections were in several local government areas in the state,” he said.
According to him, votes were counted and collated after the close of polls, with councillorship results declared at ward level and chairmanship results declared at local government collation centres.
Announcing the summary, the YOSIEC chairman declared: “Bade LG, Musa Kalan Dagona (APC), 54,312 votes; Bursari LG (APC), 24,331 votes; Dama
turu LG, Bukar Adamu (APC), 18,465 votes; Fika LG Aŕbdulmumini Usaini (APC), 61,326 votes; Fune LG, Baba Goni Bade (APC), 74,411 votes ; Geidam LG, Alhaji Mohammed Musa (APC), 35,832 votes; Gujba LG, Alhaji Dala Mala (APC), 27,900 votes; Gulani LG, Alhaji Dayyabu Ilu (APC), 35,999 votes; Jakusko LG, Umaru Aguwa Jakusko (APC), 47,653 votes; and Karasuwa LG Alhaji Umara Mohammed (APC), 39,320 votes.
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