The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan won the election into Yobe North Senatorial district held on Saturday, February 25.
According to the Returning Officer of the zone, Professor Omolola Aduoju of the Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Lawan polled a total of 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.
