Senate President Ahmed Lawan, has emerged winner of the just concluded senatorial election in Yobe North after about 22 years in the National Assembly.

The position was keenly contested between the two major political parties in the State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Returning Officer of the zone, Professor Omolola Aduoju of the Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, announced the result at Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashua.