{
  "id": 8680019,
  "title": "APC candidate wins reps by-election in Gombe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/apc-candidate-wins-reps-by-election-in-gombe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T12:18:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/apc-candidate-wins-reps-by-election-in-gombe/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Usman Maijama'a Kallamu of the All Progressives Congress has won the Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency by-election. He secured 41,121 votes to fill the vacant seat in the House of Representatives.\n\nThe by-election was conducted to fill the vacant legislative seat in the constituency. According to the Daily Post Nigeria, Kallamu's closest rival, the Labour Party candidate, polled 3,553 votes, while the Action Peoples Movement received 872 votes.\n\nThe by-election was one of several held in different states, with the APC winning in Kano, Bauchi, and Gombe states.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "APC wins Kano, Bauchi, Gombe bye-elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/apc-wins-kano-bauchi-gombe-bye-elections",
        "published": "2026-09-20T07:52:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "APC wins Kano Assembly seat in by-election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/apc-wins-kano-assembly-seat-in-by-election",
        "published": "2026-09-20T10:00:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "APC wins Kano assembly by-election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/apc-wins-kano-assembly-by-election",
        "published": "2026-09-20T10:36:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}