APC’s Bulkachuwa wins Bauchi North Senatorial seat

By Huseyn Abubakar Mbar.

#TrackNigeria: Alhaji Mohammed Bulkachuwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won Saturday’s Bauchi North Senatorial poll.

Announcing the result in Azare on Monday, the Returning Officer, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, said Bulkachuwa polled 110,631 voters to win the poll.

He said Mustafa Faruq of the New Nigeria peoples Party (NNPP) came second with 92,140 votes, while incumbent Sen. Nazif Gamawa of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) came third with 56,379 votes.

The senatorial zone is made up  of Katagum, Gamawa, Itas Gadau, Zaki, Shira, Giade and Jama’are Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Bauchi.(NAN)