Malam Nasir El-Rufai has thanked the people of Kaduna state, after he was announced Monday as the winner of the governorship election that took place on 9 March.
\n\u201cAlhamdulillah! We campaigned vigorously on our record and continuously prayed for God to choose the best leader for Kaduna State even if that choice is someone else!! God has decided. We are grateful to over 1 million Kaduna voters through whom He made us the choice\u201d, he wrote on his Twitter handle.
\nAnnouncing the result on Monday in Kaduna, the State Returning Officer, Prof. Muhammed Yahuza Bello said, El-Rufai, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, scored 1,045,427 votes to emerge winner.
\nHe said the candidate, Alhaji Isah Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 814,168 votes
\n\u201cBello said Malam Nasiru El-Rufai haven fulfilled all the requirements of the law, and scored the highest votes is hereby declared winner of the Kaduna State governorship election.\u201d\u201d
\nBello said the APC won in 14 LGs while the PDP won in nine LGs that make up 23 LGs in the State.
\nAccording to him, the APC won in Ikara,Kubau,Makarfi, Kudan , Giwa, Kauru and Soba local government areas.
\nThe APC also won in Lere, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna North and Sabon Gari, Igabi, Kaduna South, Zaria LGs.
\nWhile the opposition PDP won in nine local government areas, including Kajuru,Kaura, Jaba, Kachia, Zango Kataf, Sanga, Kagarko, Jema\u2019a and Chikun LGAs.
\nThe results are as follows:
\n1.Ikara Local government
\nAPC:41,969
\nPDP:22,553
\n2.Kubau Local government
\nAPC:57,182
\nPDP:17,074
\n3.Kajuru Local government
\nAPC:10,229
\nPDP:34,658
\n4.Kaura Local government:
\nAPC:8,342
\nPDP:38,764
\n5.Makarfi local government:
\nAPC:34,956
\nPDP:22,301
\n6.Jaba Local government:
\nAPC:6,298
\nPDP:22,976
\n7.Kudan Local government:
\nAPC:28,624
\nPDP:22,022
\n8.Giwa Local government
\nAPC:51,455
\nPDP:19,834
\n9.Kauru Local government
\nAPC:34,844
\nPDP:31,928
\n10.Kachia Local government
\nAPC:30,812
\nPDP:51,780
\n11. Soba Local government
\nAPC:55,046
\nPDP:25,440
\n12.Sanga Local Government
\nAPC 20,806
\nPDP 21,226
\n13. Zango Kataf Local Government
\nAPC 13,448
\nPDP 87,546
\n14 Kaduna North Local Government
\nAPC 97,243
\nPDP 27,665
\n15.Birnin Gwari Local Government
\nAPC 32,292
\nPDP 16,901
\n16.Chikun Local Government
\nAPC 24, 262
\nPDP 86, 251
\n17.Sabon Gari Local Government
\nAPC 57,655
\nPDP 25,519
\n18.Lere Local Government
\nAPC 71,056
\nPDP 45,215
\n19. Jema\u2019a Local Government
\nAPC 21,265
\nPDP 63,129
\n20. Kagarko Local government
\nAPC 21,982
\nPDP 26,643
\n21.Kaduna South Local government
\nAPC 102,612
\nPDP 31, 429
\n22.Igabi Local government
\nAPC 102,035
\nPDP 37, 948
\n23.Zaria Local government
\nAPC 111,014
\nPDP 35,356
\nThe News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 38 political parties fielded candidates the Kaduna State Governorship poll.
\nNAN reports that the ruling APC, the PDP, PRP, SDP and APGA were most prominent among the Political Parties participated in the March 9 poll in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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