The All Progressive Congress (APC) Campaign Council in Yobe State says it has realized N2.2 billion during the party’s fundraising dinner in Damaturu.

Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Director General, Press, and Media Affairs to the Governor, who announced this, said the amount was realized on the spot as pledges on Wednesday.

According to him, hundreds of well-wishers, friends, and associates of Gov Mai Mala Buni, made generous and kind donations to support the reelection bid of Buni for the second term.

The Chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, Alhaji Tijjani Tumsa, said the essence of raising funds was to ensure a smooth and hitch-free electioneering process without experiencing a financial setback.

He said they had every reason to make contributions towards bringing back Gov Buni and his deputy to office in the forthcoming elections, especially considering their performance in the last four years.

Earlier the Campaign Council Chairman, Sen. Ibrahim Gaidam, tasked party loyalists to donate generously to the mission, saying Gov Buni deserved a second term as he proved to be up and doing, considering the positive impacts.

He said the governor had provided infrastructure, security, education, health, and youth empowerment, hence the need to support him to enable him to consolidate on the earlier gains recorded.

The fund would be utilized to fund the campaign activities of all candidates contesting for elective positions on the platform of the party.