The Returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Yaganami Karta has declared Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state, as the winner of the April 11th 2015 gubernatorial elections.
Declaring the results at the INEC headquarters in Maiduguri, Professor Karta said the APC candidate, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest votes of 649,913 out of 690,182 total votes cast was declared the governor elect.
Karta however said that election was cancelled in one unit of Hawul local government area of the state where 547 voters were affected because of electoral irregularities.
Speaking after the declaration of the result, the APC agent, Senator Kaka Mallam Yale thanked the people of Borno for not only coming out en-mass to exercise their political right and voted all APC candidates, stressing that this indicates the confidence they have in APC.
He said the APC will work hard to develop the state, most especially in the area of post Boko Haram reconstruction of destroyed communities.
Reacting to his re-elections shortly after the declarations of the result, Governor Kashim Shettima said he will not play God or equate himself with God because of his reelection as some politician’s think they can determine who occupies power, make rich or be poor.
He said his election was purely based on the will of God and the determination and confidence of the people to effect change, describing Internally Displaced Persons, as the heroes of democracy, as according to him, they defied all odds and voted massively for APC, despites the conditions they found themselves.
He promised to work tirelessly, as reconstruction of destroyed communities will be his first priority, stressing that he will seek the intervention of the Federal Government and assistance from agencies and foundations across the globe.
He also called on all other candidates, who lost the election, to join hands with him in the task of developing Borno State, as the state belongs to all citizens of the state.
The APC also swept all the 28 seats in the State House of Assembly with landslide victory.
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