Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State has been declared the winner of the keenly contested gubernatorial election in the state and therefore returrning as governor. The Governor who won on the Peoples Democratic Party PDP platform secured his second term bid after polling a total of 285,369 votes against APC's Inuwa Yahaya's 205,132 votes. He defeated the All Progressive Congress APC candidates with a total difference of 80,237 votes, having won in ten out of the eleven local government areas that make up the state. The Returning Officer of the state, Professor Saminu Ibrahim who declared the results on Sunday said Gombe State had a total of 1,102,853 registered votes with 535,081 of them accredited. 506,768 emerged the actual voters voted from which a total of 493,611 valid votes were recorded and 13,151 declared invalid. However, APC's Kabiru Usman Kukandaka said the party does not agree with the result declared but would meet to know the next line of action.
