The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has secured a landslide victory from results released from all the eleven Local Government Areas of Gombe State.
Announcing the results at about 01:00 am on Monday, the Gombe State Collation Officer, Professor Maimuna Waziri, Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Federal University Gashua, said Atiku polled the highest votes of 319,123.
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu came a distant second with 146,977 votes in an election that was reported to be generally peaceful all over the State.
During the announcement of the results, Professor Maimuna said the total Registered voters in the State stood at 1,549,243 while accredited Voters were 542,997.
She also explained that the total votes cast stood at 533,778, while the total valid votes stood at 510,043. The rejected votes during the election were 23,735.
In the same election results, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, polled 26,160 votes, while that of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso got 10,520 votes.
