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INEC declares Nasiru Idris of APC winner of Kebbi gov election

INEC declares Nasiru Idris of APC winner of Kebbi gov election

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Nasiru Idris as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in Kebbi State.

Idris was declared the winner on Sunday by the Returning Officer for Kebbi State, Yusuf Saidu in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital.

Saidu, a professor of Nutritional Biochemistry with the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), said Idris polled a total of 409,225 votes to beat his closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party, Maj-Gen. Aminu Bande (rtd.), who scored 360,940 votes.

The returning officer said, “I, Professor Yusuf Saidu, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2023 Kebbi State Governorship Election held on the 15th day of April, 2023.

“That Idris Nasiru of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”

 

INEC declares Nasiru Idris of APC winner of Kebbi gov election

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