Gombe Governor Dankwambo Loses Senatorial Bid To APC Rival

Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo has lost his bid to go to the Senate after losing Saturday’s senatorial election for Gombe North to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer for the senatorial zone, Professor Umar Gurama of the Federal University, Kushere, the APC candidate polled a total of 152,546 while Dankwambo scored 88,016.

The governor contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Dankwambo worked at the Central Bank of Nigeria from 1988 to 1999. He was then appointed Accountant General of Gombe State, holding the position until 2005. He was appointed Accountant – General of the Federation on 20 April 2005. He held that office until he resigned to start his campaign for election as Governor of Gombe State January 2011.

In the 26 April 2011 election, Dankwambo won 596,481 votes, ahead of Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) with 91,781 votes and Senator Sa’idu Umar Kumo of the All Nigeria Peoples party with 84,959 votes.

He was reelected in the 2015 general elections as governor of the North East state.