The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, won the 2023 presidential election in Gombe State by a wide margin on Saturday.
The results of the election, which were released from the state’s 11 local government areas on Sunday night through early Monday morning, showed that the PDP candidate defeated his closest rival of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, with 319, 223 votes to 146, 977.
While the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi, and the New Nigeria People’s Party’s (NNPP) candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, finished third and fourth, with 26,160 and 10,520 votes, respectively.
The Returning Officer for the election, Professor Maimuna Waziri, therefore, declared Atiku winner of the presidential election in the State.
