…Wins all 27 LGAs
From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri Babagana
Zulum, governor of Borno State and All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate has won the last Saturday election to retain the Maiduguri Government House seat for a second term.
Returning officer for the governorship election in Borno, Prof Jude Rabo, while announcing the results, said Zulum polled 545,543 votes ahead of his rival of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohammed Jajari who got 82,147 votes.
“Having satisfied the requirements and won 25 percent in all the 27 local governments, I Professor Jude Samani Rabo, hereby declares Babagana Umara Zulum the winner of the March 18 governorship election and return as validly elected,” Rabo who is also the Vice Chancellor, Federal University Wukari, Jalingo State, declared.
Zulum won in all the 27 local government areas of the state, polling 80, 940 votes in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC), the highest votes in the election.
The March 18 governorship poll was the sixth attempt by the PDP at clinching the Borno State governor’s seat to no avail.