INEC Declares Zulum Winner Of Borno Governorship Election

The incumbent Governor and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Babagana Zulum, has been declared winner of the Borno State governorship election.

The returning officer, Professor Jude Rabo, declared that Zulum polled 545,543 ahead of his main challenger and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohammed Jajari, who came a distant second, having scored 82,147 votes.

Prof. Rabo also stated that Zulum defeated his closest rival, Jajari with a difference of 463,396 votes.