APC sweeps Yobe council elections

The Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission (YSIEC) on Sunday announced that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the 17 local government council election conducted on Saturday.
Mr Jauro Abdu, the Chairman of the state’s Independent Electoral Commission, announced the results at a news conference in Damaturu.
He said the chairmanship seats for the 17 council areas were contested unopposed
by APC candidates.
He added that the chairmanship candidate for the National Conscience Party (NCP) for Potiskum Local Government withdrew from the race at the last hour, making it the last council that was also contested unopposed.
The APC won all the 178 councillorship seats in the peacefully conducted election in the state.
Meanwhile, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has commended the electorate for successful and peaceful conduct of the council elections.
The governor made the commendation in a statement by his Director of Press Affairs, Alhaji Abdullahi Bego.
Gaidam also commended the electorate for reaffirming their faith in APC by electing all the party candidates for the 17 local government councils.
He said “the emergence of all APC chairmanship candidates as winners shows the degree at which the party remains appealing to most of people of the state.”