The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bauchi State has again lost another seat in the National Assembly to the People Redemption Party (PRP).

The returning officer for the election, Ibrahim Yakubu, declared the PRP candidate Abdullahi Yakubu Shehu for polling a total of 69,088 votes while his closest rival Comrade Mohammed Sabo of the ruling APC polled a total of 53,470 votes.

The PDP candidate, Aminu Garu, emerged a distant third with a total of 43’727 votes.

Declaring the results of the Bauchi federal constituency, the returning officer said “the PRP candidate, Abdullahi Yakubu Shehu, having certified the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner of the Bauchi federal constituency”.

With this result, Bauchi state APC has now lost two seats in the House of Representatives following the declaration of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara of the PDP as the winner of the Dass/Tafawa-Balewa /Bogoro federal constituency.