INEC announces Niger, Kaduna governorship election results
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Niger, Mohammed Umar Bago, as winner of the state’s governorship election conducted, last Saturday.
According to INEC’s Returning Officer, Professor Clement Alawa, who made the announcement, Monday, Bago polled 469,896 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Isa Liman Kantigi who scored 387,476 votes from the 25 local government areas (LGAs) of the state.
Meanwhile, in Kaduna, candidate of the APC, Senator Uba Sani has been declared winner of the March 18 polls by INEC.
INEC Collation Officer, Prof. Lawal Bilbis, who announced the result said the APC candidate polled 730,002 votes while his counterpart, Isah Ashiru Kudan of the PDP, scored 719,196 votes.
He added that the Labour Party candidate, Jonathan Asake, polled 58,283 to come third, while the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, came to a distant fourth with 21,405 votes while rejected votes stood at 19,114.
The PDP candidate won in 13 LGAs of the state while Sani, the incumbent Senator representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District of the state, won 10 LGAs.
