The All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Jigawa State, Umar Namadi has won the state’s governorship
The INEC collation officer for the governorship election in Jigawa, Zaiyanu Umar, announced that Mr Namadi scored 618,449 of the total votes cast to beat Mr Lamido who polled 368,726 votes.
He said Namadi won in 26 of the 27 local government areas in Jigawa with a total of 618,449 votes.
Namadi’s closest challenger, Mustapha Lamido of the People Democratic Party (PDP), won in his hometown, Birnin Kudu Local Government Area.
The candidate of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) Aminu Ibrahim, came a distant third with 37,156.
Mr Ibrahim did not win any local governments. He was defeated by the APC candidate in his Ringim Local Government Area with 32,475 against his 7, 809. The PDP candidate came second in the council area with 12,318 votes.
The APC candidate won with a margin of 249,723 votes.
Jigawa has 2,351,298 registered voters, out of which 1,073,540 voters were accredited for the governorship election.
The result showed that the total votes cast was 1,052,793, out of which 20,226 votes were rejected. Valid votes were 1,032.567.
