All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Mallam
Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai has been
declared
winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election
in Kaduna State.
He polled 1,117,635 votes to defeat the
incumbent Governor Ramalan Yero of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who
scored a total of 485,833 votes in the 23
local government areas of the state.
APC won in 17 local government areas,
while PDP won in six local government
areas.
However, the Returning Officer in charge of
Kaduna State, Prof. Ja’afaru Makau Kaura,
declared El-Rufai as Governor-elect having
met the 25 per cent requirement in 2/3 of
the 23 local government areas and scored
the highest number of the total vote cast.
