LP secured 2,200 votes in the councillorship election held in Lusa B Ward of Bogoro LGA, while PDP’s candidate polled 2,168 votes
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Labour Party (LP) in Bauchi State pulled a surprise on Saturday when it secured the highest number of votes in the Bogoro councillorship election held in Lusa B Ward of Bogoro Local Government Area, despite not fielding a candidate.
Several media outlets had earlier reported that the Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC), Alhaji Ahmed Makama announced that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured victory in the chairmanship elections in all the 20 local government areas of the state.
Despite PDP’s landslide victory in all the local governments of the state, the LP secured victory in one councillorship election in Bogoro Local Government Area.
However, BSIEC, while announcing the result, declared the candidate of the PDP, Lucy Ahmadu Yusuf, who came in second place, as the winner and the newly elected councillor representing Lusa B Ward.
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Declaring results at the collation centre in Bogoro, the returning officer, Daniel Gambo, stated that the LP, without a candidate, garnered 2,200 votes while PDP’s Yusuf, closely followed with 2,168 votes.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mbam Masoyi, came in distant third in the election with 275 votes.
