The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) releases the Katsina election results
The Katsina Central Senatorial District election was won by Alhaji AbdulAziz Musa Yaradua of the All Progressives Congress, APC, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Announcing the result at the collation center in Katsina, the returning Officer for the election, Prof. Aminu Dalhatu Kankia said Yaradua scored a total of 153,512 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Surajo Makera of the PDP who polled 152,140 votes as Alhaji Gambo Abubakar of the NNPP scored 16,005 votes…….Continue Reading
AbdulAziz Yaradua is a retired Lt. Colone in the Nigerian Army and a younger brother to the late president of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yaradua.
Similarly, the APC candidate Alhaji Nasir Sani Zango has been declared winner of the Katsina North Senatorial zone which has twelve Local Government Areas including Daura.
Zango polled 174,523 votes to defeat the incumbent, Senator Ahmad Babba-Kaita, of the PDP who scored 163,502 votes.
In Katsina South Senatorial District, Alhaji Muntari Dandutse of the APC polled 203,245 votes ahead of PDP’s Dr. Garba Matazu who scored 151,519 votes.
Similarly, out of the fifteen House of Representatives seats in the state, APC swept nine seats while PDP got six
