Dikko Umar Radda, the director general of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency, (SMEDAN) has won the APC governatorial ticket for Katsina state.
Mr Radda, who briefly served as Governor Aminu Bello Masari Chief of Staff, defeated eight other aspirants.
Declaring him winner, the electoral official from the APC headquarters, Barrister Lawal Kaka, said the election was transparent.
He said Radda got 506 votes while Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa, the immediate former Secretary Government of the state came second with 442 and Abbas Umar Masanawa, a former Nigeria Printing and Minting PLC head came third with 436.
The other aspirants were forrmer Managing Director of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Ahmed Usman Dangiwa got 220, deputy governor, Manir Yakubu got 65, Sadiq Abubakar Yar’adu’a got 32, Faruk Lawal Jobe a forrmer commissioner for budget and Economic Planning got 71, Umar Abdullahi Tata 8 and former chief security officer to President Buhari, Abdulkarim Dauda Daura got 7.
