President Buhari and Atiku Abubakar
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has won the presidential election in Kaura Local
Government Area of Kaduna State with 33,647 votes, the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) has reported.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Presidential
Election Returning Officer in the LGA, Prof. Nafiu Abdu, who announced
the result, said that President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives
Party (APC) got 6,907 votes.
Abdu said that there were 89,701 registered voters in the 10
registration areas in the LGA, adding that accredited voters were 43,979
with a total valid votes of 41,550.
Similarly, Mr Gideon Gwani of the PDP has polled 21,187 votes to
win the Kaura Federal Constituency election in Kaduna State for the
fifth time.
Announcing the result in Kaura on Sunday, Dr Luka Maude, the INEC
National Assembly Election Collation Officer in the local government,
said that Gwani was trailed by Mr Sunday Aso of the APC with 6,854
votes.
Mr Simon Na’allah of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) got 6,053
votes, while Afang Tanda of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) polled
2,867 followed by Zamani Joseph of the UPN with 2,582 votes, according
to the collation officer.
“Mr Gideon Gwani of the PDP, having scored two-thirds and majority of the votes, is hereby returned as elected,” Maude said.
The PDP senatorial candidate also won in the constituency with
29,356 votes, while APC got 9,071 votes, SDP 1,102 and PRP 1,389.
(NAN)
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