APC’s Idris Nasiru Wins Kebbi Gov’ship Election
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Idris Nasiru, has won the Kebbi State governorship election.
The victory followed the party’s lead in the supplementary election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state on Saturday, April 16.
Declaring the APC candidate, Nasiru Idris winner of the election, INEC’s returning officer in the state, Sa’idu Yusuf, a professor, said Idris polled the highest number of votes, which is 409,225.
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Aminu Bande, a retired general, came second after securing 360,940 votes.
Lawyard reported how INEC declared the Kebbi State governorship poll inconclusive on March 20.
The returning officer, Yusuf, said the declaration of the election as inconclusive was in line with provisions of the Electoral Act 2022.
The governor-elect, Idris, was the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) president until he vied for the APC governorship ticket in the state in 2022.
He defeated Yahaya Abdullahi, the Senate majority leader, and Abubakar Gari-Malam, another aspirant, to win the ticket.
