The House of Representatives Candidate under the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Bogoro, Dass and Tafawa Balewa federal constituency, Jafar Gambo Leko has been declared as the winner in the National assembly elections held Saturday.
The Returning Officer, Professor Bala Dalhat from the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, announced the result in Bununu town, the headquarters of Tafawa Balewa local government on Monday.
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He said the APC candidate polled 54,128 votes to defeat his closest rival, Magaji Kefas of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 52,314 votes.
He added that the New Nigeria Peoples Party’s Quni Simon polled a total number of 5,662 votes.
Jafar Gambo Leko is an ally of the incumbent member representing the constituency, former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.