The ruling All Progressives Congress has stormed to victory again, sweeping legislative by-elections in three states and tightening its grip months to the 2027 presidential poll.
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In a show of force across the North-East and South-South, the APC captured the Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal seat, the Udu State seat in Delta and the Disina State seat in Bauchi.
Earthquake in Gombe
It was a landslide in Gombe. APC’s Kallamu Usman MaiJama’a polled 41,121 votes to crush Labour Party’s 3,553. APM and NDP trailed with 872 and 707. Prof. Umar Gurama declared 46,551 valid votes out of 47,301 cast across 903 polling units. The seat became vacant after the death of Yaya Bauchi-Tongo.
Wipeout in Delta
In Delta, Okolosi Ator delivered a brutal knockout. He scored 8,724 votes against PDP’s George Orugbo who managed just 212. APM got 33. APC won all 10 wards in Udu with a massive 8,512-vote margin. The vacancy followed Collins Egbetamah’s defection to NDC.
Nail-biter in Bauchi
Bauchi was drama. In Disina, APC’s Yakubu Ali edged APM 5,846 to 5,225 in a tense finish, while PRP got 3,701. In Sakwa, APM’s Adamu Yakubu flipped the script, beating APC 8,515 to 3,771.
President Bola Tinubu hailed the wins as proof of grassroots faith in APC reforms, urging winners to serve and losers to accept results in good faith.
