APC wins Ganye by-election in Adamawa with 129 votes

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Misa Musa Jauro of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Ganye state constituency by-election in Adamawa State.

The Returning Officer, Professor Tukur Ahmed, while declaring Musa Jauro the winner, said the APC candidate polled a total of 15,923 votes to defeat his closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, who scored 15,794 votes.

The election, which was closely contested, was held across all 10 wards and has been described as one of the most competitive elections in recent times. With APC and PDP recording split victories in different wards, the APC candidate pulled a slim margin of 129 votes to emerge the winner.

With this outcome, Jauro has been declared duly elected, sealing APC’s victory in the high-stakes poll.

Jauro, who is the elder brother of the late member, also contested and secured the victory on the platform of the same party as his late brother.

The election was adjudged peacefully across all 10 wards; however, there were allegations and counter-allegations by the two political parties that took part in the elections.

RESULTS ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY FROM THE COLLATION CENTER IN GANYE 

1. GAMU WARD

PDP 1034

APC 1391

2. GANYE 2 WARD

PDP 2253

APC 2202

3. SANGASSUMI WARD 

APC 1592

PDP 1790

4. SUGU WARD 

PDP 1411

APC 1057

5. JAGGU WARD

PDP 750

APC 1001

6. TIMDORE WARD

APC 2698

PDP 2491

7. GURUMPAWO WARD

APC 1384

PDP 1328

8. YEBBI WARD

PDP 1530

APC 1491

9. BAKARI GUSO WARD 

APC 881

PDP 1057

10. GANYE I WARD 

APC 2252

PDP 2150

TOTAL RESULTS

APC= 15,923√

PDP=15,794

Difference: 129 votes.

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