Bye-election: Gombe gov, others hail smooth voting process

Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, and other APC chieftains have expressed satisfaction with the peaceful and smooth conduct of the Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency bye-election. According to the Daily Post Nigeria, voting was underway across the constituency with electoral officials arriving at polling centres from about 8:00am, and accreditation of voters and voting commencing shortly afterwards.

The election, which covers 903 polling units across 31 Registration Areas/Wards, has 495,851 registered voters. The low voter turnout was observed in parts of Gombe Local Government Area. According to INEC, reported by Punch Nigeria, there was low voter turnout.

The bye-election aims to determine the candidate who will represent the constituency in the House of Representatives, with five political parties participating.

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