Independent National Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer, Professor Ahmed Kutama has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won two Federal House of Representative seats in the National Assembly rerun and supplementary elections held on Saturday in Bauchi.
According to him, Jatau polled a total of 15,405 votes to defeat his closest rival from the APC, Tata, who polled 15,307.
While announcing the final results of the Gamawa Federal constituency re-run election, the returning officer, Dr. Abubakar Mohammed from Federal University Dutse , said Madaki Gololo of the PDP polled 21,223 votes while his closest rival, Isa Mohammad Wabu of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP polled a total of 15,004 votes
Madaki Gololo of the PDP and 20 other candidates contested for the Gamawa House of representatives seat.
Recall that the Court of Appeal, Jos Division, had, in November 2019, sacked the APC lawmaker, Umar Tata, representing Zaki Federal Constituency, and directed that a supplementary election be held in four units of Zaki Federal Constituency.
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The same court nullified the election of Garba Gololo of APC representing Gamawa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State and disqualified him for presenting forged certificates to contest in the election.
The court then ordered INEC to conduct a rerun and supplementary elections in both LGAs within 90 days
