The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has been declared the winner of the governorship election in the state.
Namadi won in 26 of the 27 local government areas in Jigawa with a total of 618,449 votes.
His closest challenger, Mustapha Lamido of the People Democratic Party (PDP), won in his hometown, Birnin Kudu Local Government Area.
The INEC collation officer for the governorship election in Jigawa, Zaiyanu Umar, announced that Mr Namadi scored 618,449 of the total votes cast to beat Mr Lamido who polled 368,726 votes.
