INEC declares NNPP Abba Yusuf as winner of Kano governorship election
Result
By Ahmed Abdulkadir
Kano, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the candidate of New Nigerian People’s Party ( NNPP) Abba Kabiru as winner of the March 18 governorship election in Katsina State.
Announcing the result on Monday in Kano, the State Returning Officer, Prof. Doko Ibrahim the Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria said Abba Yusuf polled 1,019″602 votes to emerge the state governor-elect.
He said that Abba Kabiru defeated his closet rival, Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressive Congress ( APC) who scored 892,705 votes.
That I Prof. Doko Ibrahim declared that the election was contested by 18 candidates.
“Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, Abba Kabiru Yusuf of the NNPP is hereby declared winner and returned elected,” he said.
