{
  "id": 1571017,
  "title": "APM sweeps Bauchi LG poll, wins all 20 chairmanship seats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/apm-sweeps-bauchi-lg-poll-wins-all-20-chairmanship-seats-1571017",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T22:00:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/apm-sweeps-bauchi-lg-poll-wins-all-20-chairmanship-seats/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has won all 20 chairmanship seats in the recent Bauchi State local government elections. According to the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC), the APM candidates emerged victorious in all 20 local government areas.\n\nThe APM also won 319 councillorship seats, as per reports from Punch. The chairperson of BASIEC, Hon. Hajiya Jummai S. Abubakar, announced the results on Monday night, declaring that all 20 APM candidates won as Chairmen of their respective Local Government Areas.\n\nSome of the winners include Bappah Aliyu Mohammed in Alkaleri LGA with 107,482 votes, Umar Mohammed Aliyu in Bauchi LGA with 125,170 votes, and Zakka Luka Magaji in Bogoro LGA with 25,282 votes, as reported by This Day.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "This Day",
        "title": "APM Sweeps Bauchi LG Poll, Wins All 20 Chairmanship, 319 Councillorship Seats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/apm-sweeps-bauchi-lg-poll-wins-all-20-chairmanship-319-councillorship",
        "published": "2026-08-17T21:19:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "APM sweeps Bauchi LG poll, wins all 20 chairmanship seats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/apm-sweeps-bauchi-lg-poll-wins-all-20-chairmanship-seats",
        "published": "2026-08-17T21:50:50.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}