LP, YPP, AAC Win In Bauchi Local Elections

In the local government council elections held on Saturday in Bauchi, a state in northeastern Nigeria under the rule of Governor Bala Mohammed’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), opposition parties won a number of councillor seats.

The Young Progressive Party’s (YPP) Samira Maikano was chosen to serve as a councilor for Dass Local Government Area’s Wandi Ward. With 1,610 votes, she defeated the PDP’s Bashir Abdullahi, who was her closest opponent with 1,352 votes.

Additionally, the All Progressives Congress (APC) received 230 votes.

The results were announced by Returning Officer Nasiru Hassan at the ward level.

In Darazo Local Government Area, Yunusa Muhammed of the African Action Congress (AAC) won the Papa North Councillorship Seat with 1,156 votes. He defeated Ashiru Muhammad of the PDP, who received 1,053 votes, and Idris Muhammad of the APC, who got 290 votes.

Announcing the results, the Returning Officer Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar said, “Yunusa Muhammed of the AAC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared winner and is returned elected.”

In the Bogoro Local Government Area, the Labour Party received the highest votes in Lusa Ward, despite not fielding a candidate. Lucy Yusuf of the PDP, the second runner-up, was declared the winner. The Labour Party received 2,200 votes, the PDP 2,168 votes, and the APC 275 votes. The result was declared by Returning Officer Daniel Gambo.

A total of 323 candidates contested for councillor seats in the state from 10 political parties.

Results for the chairmanship elections are still pending and will be announced by the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission