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From Abdulrazaq Mungadi, Gombe
The former governor of Gombe state and senator representing Gombe Central Senatorial District at the national assembly Muhammad Danjuma Goje, has celebrated his victory in the just concluded 2023 election in Gombe.
According to Goje the celebration for him is beyond his success in the 2023 election but his winning streak which started in 1998 when he contested and won the seat of Senator representing Gombe Senatorial District on the platform of the United Nigeria Congress Party. Goje stated this while speaking to newsmen at his residence in Gombe shortly after he was declared the winner of the election for the Gombe central senatorial districts.
He said, “This is the eighth time I am contesting under different political parties, I have never lost an election, all thanks to Allah and my voters in my constituency. When I was declared winner of the election today (on Sunday) the first thing that came to my mind was an appreciation to Almighty Allah, because he has always made me a winner among my rivals”.
“This victory has encouraged me to do more for my people, more especially because they (my constituents) forced me to contest and also ask me not to come to Gombe or campaign the way I used to. They have proven to me that the victory is theirs, therefore, I will make sure that I represent their interest and work for their well-being,” Goje stated.
Daily Sun gathered that before his victory in the 2023 general elections, Goje had contested and won in the 1993 election that was conducted by the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON) in the aborted democratic transition of General Sani Abacha.
He went on to contest for the seat of Senator in the Nigerian National Assembly in 1998 and later on became the Minister of State, Power, and Steel under President Olusegun Obasanjo before he was elected as the Governor of Gombe State in 2003 and 2007.
At the end of his two-term tenure in 2011 Goje who had announced his retirement from contesting for any elective position in 2019 was elected Senator for Gombe Central in 2011 and was returned in 2015 and 2019 as well as the most recent victory in 2013.
