The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Mahmoud Musa Kallamu, as winner of the just concluded House of Assembly bye-election in Mayo Belwa constituency of Adamawa State.
Annoucing the Saturday’s bye-election results at the collation centre, the returning officer, Professor Mohammed Baba Ardo of Modibbo Adama University Yola, revealed that PDP’s Kallamu scored 1,306 votes to defeat the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Ibrahim Musa Italiya who garnered 874 votes.
According to the INEC Returning Officer, Kallamu won six out of the seven polling units in the election.
He said there were a total of 5024 registered votes, 2252 accredited votes, 2192 valid votes, 06 rejected votes and 2252 total votes cast.
The returning officer explained that, in the 2023 election there were valid votes of 20824 and 367 rejected votes while votes cast stands at 21191 of APC scored 7912 while PDP scored 7840 with margin of 72.
Compared with the Bye Election exercise the registered votes are 56999 accredited votes are 24610 while the total votes cast are 23443
He declared that the candidate of PDP who scored in all a total of 9146 won the bye election as the APC’s candidate came second with 8786 votes in both the general and bye election.
Responding in an interview with newsmen, the member-elect for Mayo Belwa Constituency Alhaji Musa Mahmud Kallamu appreciated the electorate for their show of support and pledged to justify their confidence in him.
Also speaking the Chairman Mayo Belwa local government council Malllam Muhammadu Usman Buji described the election as peaceful and hitch-free.
