Rabiu Kwankwaso, Abudullahi Ganduje
By Our Reporter
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has politically dislodged the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the
Independent National Electoral Commission announced the NNPP candidate Yusuf Abba Kabir, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
The declaration was made in the early hours of Monday amid growing tension in the state.
According to the results declared by the Returning Officer for the Kano State Governorship election, Professor Ahmed Ibrahim, the NNPP candidate polled 1,019,602 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 890,705 votes.
Recall that Kwankwaso also won the just concluded Presidential Elections in Kano State with the highest votes of 997,279.
Bola Ahmad Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, came second with 517,341, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, polled 131,716 votes.
Kwankwaso was governor of Kano State from from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2015.
Below are the governorship results as announced by the Returning Officer:
AA – 211
AAC – 955
ADC – 12,832
ADP – 9,402
APC – 890,705
APGA – 1,360
APM -4,955
APP – 430
BP- 533
LP – 5,409
NNPP – 1,019,602
NRM – 862
PDP – 15,957
PRP – 2,188
SDP – 759
YPP – 9,835
ZLP – 1,882
Total number of registered voters – 5,921,370
Total number of accredited voters – 2,032,955
Total number of valid votes – 1,977,872
Total number of rejected votes – 27,092
Total votes cast – 2,004,964
