By Kamil Opeyemi
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has secured his second term bid in office in the March 18th governorship poll.
Announcing the result at its headquarters, in Damaturu, the State Returning Officer of INEC, Prof Umar Pate said Buni of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 317,113 to defeat his closest rival, Sheriff Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 104,259.
Buni, a former caretaker chairman of the APC, is returning as the governor of the North-East state for the second time under the APC.
FINAL RESULTS FOR YOBE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION
REGIS. VOTERS 1,485,146
ACCREDITED VOTERS 459,492
1. APC =317,113
2. LP =428
3. NNPP =14,246
5. PDP. =104,259