Official Results: Tambuwal Wins in Sokoto, Masari (Katsina), El-Rufai (Kaduna), Ahmed (Kwara)

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the Saturday Sokoto State governorship election.

Tambuwal defeated his main rival, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Senator Abdalla Wali with 647,609 votes as against Wali who polled 269,074.

The Returning Officer, Prof Abdul Bagudu who is the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) of the Usman Danfodio University announced the results.

Masari wins Katsina

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has been declared winner of last Saturday governorship election in Katsina State.

The former Speaker Scored 943,085 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Musa Nashuni, who scored 476,768.

El-Rufai Wins Kaduna

All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Mallam Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai won Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Kaduna State.

He polled 1,117,635 votes to defeat the incumbent Governor Ramalan Yero of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored a total of 485,833 votes in the 23 local government areas of the state.

El-rufai won in 17 local governments, while Governor Yero won in 6 local government areas.

Ahmed Wins Re-election In Kwara

The Returning Officer for the governorship election in Kwara State, Prof. Musbau Akanji, has declared the APC Governorship Candidate, Abdulfatah Ahmed, as the winner of the election.

APC polled 395,832 votes, PDP scored 115,220 while LP got 2,973 votes.