Zamfara Guber election: PDP’s Dauda Lawal unseats incumbent Gov Matawalle
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor-elect of Zamfara State.
Lawal was announced as the winner in Gusau, the state capital, in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to INEC, he polled a total of 377,726 votes to defeat Bello Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who scored 311,976.
Similarly, Musa Yankuzo, the deputy speaker of the state assembly, lost his reelection bid to Bello Maza-wajem of the PDP.
This came after some mild drama over the presentation of the results for Maradun Local Government Area (LGA), where allegations surfaced that the Collation Officer, Dr Ahmed Kainuwa, had been abudcted.
However, upon arrival at state collation centre at the INEC headquarters in Gusau, Kainuwa gave the reasons for his delayed appearance.
