The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, has declared Barrister MB. Shehu l, Candidate of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), winner of Fagge federal constituency of Kano state in the House of Representatives.
Shehu unseat the incumbent House of Rep member of the constituency, Aminu Sulaiman Goro a third timer of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who is serving his 3rd term in the lower legislative chamber.
Announcing the results, the Returning Officer, Professor Ibrahim Tajo Suraj, said MB Shehu polled 19,024 votes of the total votes cast, followed by the candidate of the Labour Party, Shuaibu Abubakar who polled 12,789 votes.
While Aminu Sulaiman Goro of APC came third with 8,669 votes.
“That Barrister MB. Shehu of the NNPP, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes is declared winner of the election,” Prof. Suraj announced.
Earlier, the NNPP led with 609 votes in the supplementary election, while APC came second with 268 votes, followed by LP with 60 votes.
However, when the result was summed up with the previous February 25th election, the NNPP came first followed by LP and APC as second and third.
See the full results below:
RAs: 06
PUs: 19
Total Reg. Votes – 274, 031
Total Accredited Votes – 50, 852
APC – 8, 662
NNPP – 19, 024
PDP – 6, 548
LP – 12, 789
Total Valid Votes – 47, 891
Rejected votes – 1, 005
Total Votes Cast – 48, 896