APC wins Kano by-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress candidate, Rabiu Shuaibu, winner of the Dawakin Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency by-election.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Umar Sani, declared Shuaibu the winner of the election held on Saturday.
He said that Shuaibu polled 35,356 votes to defeat Lawal Garba-Haruna of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), who scored 268 votes, and Abubakar Yahaya-Muhammad of the Labour Party (LP), who garnered 98 votes.
“The election was contested. That Rabiu Shuaibu of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” he said.
The by-election was conducted to fill the vacancy created by the death of Muhammad Danjuma-Hassan of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
(NAN)
