APC sweeps Gombe LG polls, wins all chairmanship, councillorship seats

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has secured a cleanable expanse successful the Gombe State section authorities elections, winning each 24 chairmanship positions and the 240 councillorship seats contested crossed the state.

Chairman of the Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission, GOSIEC, Abdullahi Garba, announced the result aft the collation of results, declaring the APC victorious successful each section authorities country and ward.

“From the results received crossed the state, the APC emerged victorious successful each the 24 section authorities chairmanship elections and won each 240 councillorship seats,” Garba said.

He described the workout arsenic a landmark election, noting that it was the archetypal to beryllium conducted pursuing the enlargement of the state’s section authorities operation from 11 councils to 24 administrative councils.

Garba explained that the summation became imaginable aft Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya approved the constitution of 13 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) to heighten grassroots governance and accelerate development.

According to him, the committee studied akin electoral models adopted successful different states, including Lagos, earlier proposing the expansion, which was subsequently backed by the Gombe State House of Assembly done the indispensable legislation.

“The erstwhile predetermination successful 2023 was conducted successful 11 section authorities areas. Today, we person 24 administrative councils, wh...