President Bola Tinubu on Saturday recorded a sweeping victory in the All Progressives Congress presidential primary election in Gombe State, polling 450,517 votes.
Tinubu’s only challenger in the exercise, Stanley Osifo, failed to secure a vote in any of the state’s 11 local government areas.
The results were announced at APC Square by the exercise coordinator and Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya.
Yahaya said the figures were submitted by primary election collation officers from the 11 local government areas.
Addressing party officials, stakeholders and supporters during the collation exercise, the governor said the primary was conducted peacefully and in line with the party’s guidelines.
He added that the results from Gombe State would be forwarded to Abuja for final collation and official declaration by the APC national leadership.
A breakdown of the results showed that Tinubu polled 5,873 votes in Akko, 23,307 in Balanga and 23,675 in Billiri.
He secured 24,964 votes in Dukku and 22,761 votes in Funakaye. Gombe Local Government Area recorded the highest number of votes for Tinubu, with 112,414 votes.
Other results showed that Tinubu garnered 22,998 votes in Kaltungo, 25,305 in Kwami and 21,388 in Nafada.
He also scored 12,765 votes in Shongom, while Yamaltu/Deba delivered 75,067 votes. Yahaya disclosed that the state had 550,516 registered APC members.
He commended party officials, delegates and members for their peaceful conduct and commitment to the democratic process.