Senator Binos Yaroe of Adamawa Southern zone has won election for a return to the Senate.
Similarly, Senator Ishaku Abbo became victorious in his Adamawa North election to return to the Red Chamber.
Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won his election predictably after he gained popularity through a free medical outreach to the nine LGAs that constitute southern Adamawa.
Announcing the result of Adamawa southern senatorial zone at INEC collation centre in Numan, the electoral umpire returned Yaroe with 14,6407 votes to beat his closest rival, the candidate of APC, Adamu Samaila Numan who polled 9,482 votes.
On his part, Senator Ishaku Abbo of the APC won the Saturday senatorial election of the Adamawa North District after scoring 71, 927 votes.
The PDP candidate for the election, Rev. Yohanna Amos scored 61,895 votes to come second.
Saga Gist reports that Abbo travelled a rough path to his victory, and was in court fighting to lift an expulsion from the APC slammed on him by his Mubi North party executives after he fought a verbal war against APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket.
It was not until last week that the Court of Appeal freed him to remain in APC and to contest for the senatorial seat.
Abbo admitted on Facebook that the contest was tough, but that it was won through the votes of the people.
“I passed through the waters, through the flood nearly drowning me. Sorrow sometimes visited and nearly overwhelmed me but God gave me a new song. Congratulations to all that gave their all to this course,” he said.
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