Damaturu-The All Progressive Congress APC,has won all 17 chairmanship seats contested for in the local government elections in the state.
Announcing the results on sunday in damaturu,chairman of the state independent electoral commission,Alhaji Mohammed jauro,said APC secured 999,700 of the 1.2million votes cast during last saturday elections.
He said the party also won the councillorship seats contested for.
The chairman also said the electoral body did not receive any complaints from any quarters on the conduct of the elections.
“The successful conduct of the pools is a proof that peace has returned to the state,“jauro said.
There had been fears that the poor security situation in the state,following insurgents activities would affect the pools conduct.
However,the spokesman of the military joint task force in the state,capt.Eli lazarus,said the force had not received any report of security breach during the pools.VANGUARD NEWS