The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent governor of Kano State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, winner of the just concluded governorship re-run election in the state.
Declaring the winner of the election, the governorship election Collation Officer in Kano, Prof. Bello Shehu, said that the APC candidate garnered one million, thirty-three thousand, six hundred and ninety-five, while that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abba Kabir scored one million, twenty-four, seven hundred and thirteen votes.
He said that the APC candidate defeated the PDP candidate with eight thousand, nine hundred and eighty-two votes margin and therefore declared Ganduje the winner having satisfied requirements of the law by scoring the highest number of votes.
Meanwhile, the state’s PDP Chairman, Suleiman Rabiu – Bichi, had rejected the entire re-run election, especially that of Gama in Nassarawa Local Government Area describing the processes as shameful and called for the immediate cancellation of the exercise.
