Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Abba Kabir Yusuf, the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Kano State.
Announcing the result in Kano on Monday, the state Returning Officer, Prof. Doko Ibrahim, said Yusuf polled 1,019,602 votes to defeat his closest rival and incumbent deputy governor of the state, Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressive Congress (APC), who scored 892,705 votes.
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Ibrahim, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, said: “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 Kabir Yusuf of the NNPP is hereby declared winner and returned elected.”
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