Ahmed Lawan, the President of the Senate has won the just held Yobe North senatorial election.
The position was fiercely fought between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party, the two largest political parties in the state (PDP).
In the Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashua, the results were announced by the returning officer for the zone, Professor Omolola Aduoju of the Federal University Gashua in Yobe State.
Adunoju said Lawan polled 91,318 votes to defeat his rival of the PDP, Ilu Alhaji-Bello, who got 22,849 votes out of the 122,136 total valid votes cast.
The Senate President who will return to the National Assembly after spending about 22 years in both the Green and the Red chambers represents Yobe North.
The senatorial district comprises Bade, Jakusko, Karasuwa, Nguru, Yusufari, and Machina local government areas.