The candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Uba Sani has been declared winner of the March 18th polls in Kaduna State by Prof. Lawal Suleiman Bilbis of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The INEC Collation Officer, Prof. Lawal Bilbis, who announced the result said the APC candidate polled 730,002 votes while his counter part , Isah Ashiru Kudan of the Peoples Democratic Party, 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 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.
The LGAs won by Ashiru include, Kaura, Sanga, Kajuru, Jaba, Makarfi, Jema’ah, Zango-Kataf, Soba, Chikun, Kagarko, Kachia,Lere and Kudan.
The APC candidate won in Giwa, Ikara, Kauru, Sabon-Gari, Zaria, Kubau, Kaduna South, Kaduna North, Igabi, and Birnin-Gwari.
Link to INEC IREV; https://inecelectionresults.ng/elections/6407da43ce35006e9215b080?type=gov
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