APC sweeps Gombe Local Government councils polls

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has won the entire 24 chairmanship seats and 240 councillorship positions in the just concluded local government elections in Gombe state.

The State Independent Electoral Commission, GOSIEC, made the announcement on Saturday in Gombe, the state capital.

According to GOSIEC, six political parties fielded candidates for the chairmanship elections.

The parties include the APC; Youth Party, YP and the National Rescue Movement, NRM.

Others are Zenith Labour Party, ZLP; African Action Congress, AAC, and Democratic Liberation Alliance, DLA.