Returning Officer for the Gombe-Kwami-Funakaye Federal Constituency bye-election in Gombe State, North-East Nigeria, Professor Umar Guramar, has declared Kallamu Usman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the polls.
Announcing the results, Professor Guramar said the APC candidate polled 41,121 votes to emerge victorious.
His nearest challenger, Maigari Jungudo of the Labour Party, LP, scored 3,553 votes.
Gaddafi Haruna of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, polled 872 votes, while the National Democratic Party, NDP, garnered 707 votes.
Yaya Alfa Muhammed of the Action Peoples Party, APP, scored 298 votes.
According to the Returning Officer, a total of 47,301 votes were cast in the election. Of this figure, 46,551 votes were declared valid, while 750 ballots were rejected.
The bye-election was held on Saturday, September 19, 2026, to fill the vacant seat in the House of Representatives, following the death of the previous lawmaker.
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has also declared the APC candidate in the Udu State Constituency bye-election in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, Ator Okolosi, as the winner of the polls.
Announcing the results at Otu Jeremi, headquarters of Udu LGA, the returning officer, Professor Omosede Osafile, declared that the APC emerged winner after securing 8,724 votes.
The closet rival was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, George Orugbo, who scored 212 votes.
On June 30, 2026, the Delta State House of Assembly, declared the Udu Constituency seat vacant following the defection of the lawmaker, Collins Egbetamah, from the ruling APC to the opposition Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.
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