APM sweeps Bauchi LG polls, wins all 20 chairmanship seats

By Christopher Ameh, Bauchi
BAUCHI — The Allied Peoples Movement, APM, has recorded a clean sweep in the Bauchi State local government elections, winning all 20 chairmanship seats and 319 of the 323 councillorship positions contested across the state.
The official results were announced late Monday night by the Chairperson of the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission, BASIEC, Hon. Hajiya Jummai S. Abubakar.
Abubakar declared the APM candidates winners of the 20 local government areas after the completion of vote counting, collation and verification.
She said the candidates secured the highest number of valid votes and satisfied the requirements of the law.
The results re...