Jutha Gupah, Maiduguri
The Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan has been re-elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) by scoring 18, 339 votes in the Guzamala State constituency.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the constituency, scored 181 votes.
Lawan is the longest serving Speaker in the House spanning for over a decade in serving the people of his constituency.
The Guzamala election results for the Governorship also indicated that Prof. Babagana Zulum scored 18. 341 votes, while his counterpart candidate, Mohammed Jajari of the PDP garnered 200 votes.
The Personal Assistant to Lawan, Kaka Goni noted that the people of Guzamala will regret in re-election the Speaker to serve them in the next four years.
He said this will enable the Speaker to continue to provide the dividends of democracy in the State.
According to him, the dividends of democracy are in the health, education, job creation sectors of the economy.
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