INEC Declares Winner Of Borno Governorship Election

The incumbent Governor and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Babagana Zulum, has been declared the winner of the Borno State governorship election.

The returning officer, Professor Jude Rabo, declared that Zulum polled 545,543 to defeat his main challenger and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohammed Jajari, who came a distant second, having scored 82,147 votes.

Naija News reports that Rabo also disclosed that Zulum defeated his closest rival, Jajari with a difference of 463,396 votes.