Abdulaziz Yar’adua, the younger brother of the late President Umaru Yar’adua, has been declared the winner of the Katsina Central Senatorial District election.
The Returning Officer for the election, Aminu Kankia, announced the results in Katsina on Sunday night.
He said Mr Yar’adua of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got a total of 153,512 votes, against the 152,140 votes scored by Aminu Sirajo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Kankia added that Gambo Abubakar of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) got 16,005 while Aminu Gide of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) got 781 votes.
Mr. Yar’adua is a retired lieutenant colonel in the Nigerian Army.
APC won Buhari federal constituency
Also, the APC candidate for Daura/Sandamu/Mai’Adua federal constituency, Aminu Jamo, has been declared the winner of the poll.
Jamo got 55,964 votes to beat his nearest rival, Abdullahi Aliyu, of PDP, who got 33,398 votes.
Alkasim Sanusi of NNPP got 2,151 votes.
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