Speaker Dogara Retains House of Reps Seat

Speaker Dogara Retains House of Reps Seat

House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara has been declared as winner of the Bogoro/Dass/ Tafawa-Balewa Federal Constituency in Bauchi election.

The lawmaker was declared the winner of the Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency on Sunday in Bauchi State.

Dogara was declared the winner of the Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency on Sunday in Bauchi State.

The result was announced by the returning officer in Zwall Collation Centre, Prof Ahmed Abdulhamid, in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state.

Dogara, who contested the election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 73,609 votes to defeat his closest rival of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Abdullahi, who scored 50,078.

The result was announced by Professor Mohammed Abdulhamid, the INEC Returning Officer in the constituency.

Abdulhamid said Dogara polled 73,609 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Dalhatu Kantana of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 50,078 votes, and six other candidates.