The All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna State, Malam Uba Sani, has emerged winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Announcing the outcome of the election on Monday, the Returning Officer, Prof. Lawal Bilbis of Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, said Sani polled 730,002 votes to defeat his closest contender, Ashiru Kudan of PDP, who garnered 719,196 votes.
The Labour Party (LP) party’s gubernatorial candidate, Mr Jonathan Asake, came third with 58,283 votes.
Reviewing the votes obtained during the election, the Returning Officer said a total of 1,565,861 votes were cast, out of which 19,114 were declared invalid.
Eleven candidates of other political parties contested in the election.
I stand by my promises to the people, says Kaduna Governor-elect
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Governor-elect has pledged to fulfil the promises he made to the people during his campaign.
Sani, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this in his acceptance speech in Kaduna on Monday after he was declared winner of the election.
He thanked people of the state for reposing their confidence in him, assuring that he would not betray their trust.
Sani commended the efforts of APC leaders at all levels for their commitment to ensure the success of the party.
He also thanked the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu and President Muhammadu Buhari, for their support.