Yobe North: Ahmad Lawan Wins Election, Returns To Senate

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has been declared the winner of the Yobe North Senatorial district election.

Lawan who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been in the Senate for about 22 years.

He defeated his closest challenger, Ilu Alhaji-Bello to return to the red chamber for another term according to the results announced by the Returning Officer of the zone, Professor Omolola Aduoju of the Federal University Gashua, Yobe State.

Adunoju said Lawan polled 91,318 votes to defeat his rival of the PDP, who got 22,849 votes out of the 122,136 total valid votes cast.

The results were announced at Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashua.