The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari has defeated his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to win Gombe State, in the Presidential election conducted on Saturday.
Buhari scored a total of 402,961 votes in the results of all the 11 local government areas officially announced by the state Collation Centre Officer and Vice Chancellor of the Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Professor Kyari Mohammed.
On the other hand, his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP polled 138,484 in the state.