Joshua Lidani, a former deputy governor of Gombe State, defeated serving senator Bulus Amos to win the All Progressives Congress ticket for the South senatorial district.
Bulus Amos received 40 votes, Bilyaminu Babadidi received 70 votes, and Joshua Lidani received 90 votes.
The Returning Officer, Sabo Sani, declared the result about an hour after the delegates finished voting, saying Joshua won by drawing the most votes.
“The total number of voters is 200, total accredited is 200, the total void vote is nil, senator B.K Amos scored 40, Bilyaminu Babadidi had 70 and Senator Joshua Lidani scored 90, senator Lidani is declared winner of the election,” Sani said.
According to reports, the Independent National Electoral Commission officials, aspirants, and delegates were among those asked to leave the Billiri primary election venue. However, controversy erupted following the announcement of the results.
Lidani was a former senator who represented the constituency in 2011 on the Peoples Democratic Party platform before defecting to the APC in 2018.
Danjuma Goje, the senator representing Gombe Central, has also been declared the winner of the primary election.
Danjuma Goje, the senator representing Gombe Central, has also been declared the winner of the primary election.
Goje received 100 votes out of 105 accredited voters, leaving Abubakar Mu'azu with three and former Senator Umar Idris with two votes to reclaim his seat in the red chamber.
The Gombe Central senator, who arrived in the state from Abuja on Saturday, went straight to the election venue, putting to rest speculation that he might not run.
Meanwhile, Senator Ahmed Alkali of Gombe North was re-elected after receiving the most votes.
Alkali received 216 votes, Bello Bala received 31 votes, and Haidar Aliyu Abubakar received 10 votes. According to our correspondent, three absentees were accredited but did not vote.
