BREAKING: INEC declares APC’s Uba Sani Kaduna governor-elect

Gov. Uba Sani

The APC candidate won in Giwa, Ikara, Kauru, Sabon-Gari, Zaria, Kubau, Kaduna South, Kaduna North, Igabi, and Birnin-Gwari.

By Jeffrey Agbo

Senator Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been announced as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Kaduna State tate.

According to INEC Collation Officer, Prof. Lawal Bilbis, Sani polled 730,002 votes while his main challenger, Isah Ashiru Kudan of the Peoples Democratic Party, scored 719,196 votes.

He added that the Labour Party candidate, Jonathan Asake, polled 58,283 to come third while the New Nigeria Peoples Party candidate, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, came to a distant fourth with 21,405 votes while rejected votes stood at 19,114.

The PDP candidate won in 13 LGAs of the state while Sani, the incumbent Senator representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District of the state, won 10 LGAs.

The LGAs won by Ashiru include, Kaura, Sanga, Kajuru, Jaba, Makarfi, Jema’ah, Zango-Kataf, Soba, Chikun, Kagarko, Kachia,Lere and Kudan.

The APC candidate won in Giwa, Ikara, Kauru, Sabon-Gari, Zaria, Kubau, Kaduna South, Kaduna North, Igabi, and Birnin-Gwari.

However, prior to the announcement, there were wild jubilations in some parts of the state that the PDP candidate won the election, a development that saw residents celebrating the victory at the various joints in the state.

Places that erupted with wild jubilations included Barnawa, Sabon Tasha, Narayi as well Gonin-Gora, all in the southern part of the state.

Below are the governorship election results:

  1. Kaura LGA

APC: 7,748
LP: 12,950
NNPP: 618
PDP: 15,108

Registered voters – 101,279
Accredited votes – 37,254
Total valid votes – 36,889
Rejected votes – 337
Total vote cast – 37,236

PDP wins

  1. Giwa LGA

APC: 30,773
LP: 221
NNPP: 547
PDP: 28,869

Registered votes- 141,456
Accredited votes – 62,819
Total valid votes – 61,981
Rejected votes – 838
Total vote cast – 62,815

APC wins

  1. Sanga LGA

APC: 12,338
LP: 2,135
NNPP: 457
PDP: 13,119

Registered voters – 103,403
Accredited voters -28,500
Total valid votes – 28,234
Rejected votes – 262
Total vote cast -28,496

PDP wins

  1. Kajuru LGA

APC: 8,271
LP: 1,773
NNPP:982
PDP: 23,125

Registered voters – 92,668
Accredited voters -34,860
Total valid votes – 34,502
Rejected votes – 349
Total vote cast -34,851

PDP wins

  1. Jaba LGA

APC:7,564
LP: 2,871
NNPP: 174
PDP: 14,616

Registered voters – 75,445
Accredited voters – 25,741
Total valid votes – 25,392
Rejected votes – 333
Total vote cast -25,725

PDP wins

  1. Makarfi LGA

APC: 25,670
LP: 278
NNPP: 532
PDP: 26,128

Registered voters – 118,162
Accredited voters -55,446
Total valid votes – 52,787
Rejected votes – 471
Total vote cast -53,258

  1. Ikara LGA

APC: 29,066
LP : 692
NNPP: 550
PDP: 28,612

Registered voters – 132,906
Accredited voters -61,790
Total valid votes – 59,206
Rejected votes – 784
Total vote cast -59,990

APC wins

  1. Jema’ah LGA
    APC: 19,920
    LP:6,017
    NNPP:543
    PDP: 28,963

Registered voters: 173,84
Accredited votes:56,490
Total valid votes:55,798
Rejected votes: 574
Total votes cast: 56,372

PDP wins

  1. Zango-Kataf LGA

APC: 11,448
LP: 7,377
NNPP:184
PDP: 33,185

Registered voters:175,145
Accredited votes:53,142
Total valid votes:52,609
Rejected votes: 533
Total votes cast: 53,242

PDP wins

  1. Kauru LGA
    APC: 26,915
    LP: 2,461
    NNPP:455
    PDP: 26,342

Registered voters: 132,827
Accredited votes:58,311
Total valid votes: 55,789
Rejected votes: 493
Total votes cast: 58,282

APC wins

  1. Soba LGA
    APC: 28,235
    LP:457
    NNPP:335
    PDP: 30,874

Registered voters: 158,086
Accredited votes:61,580
Total valid votes:59,406
Rejected votes: 981
Total votes cast: 60,441

PDP wins

  1. Sabon Gari LGA
    APC: 44,406
    PDP: 33,553
    LP: 972
    NNPP: 2706

Registered voters: 217,941
Accreditied voters: 85,328
Total valid votes: 82,312
Rejected votes: 1,456
Total votes cast:83

APC wins

  1. Kubau LGA

APC: 39,855
PDP:26,627
LP: 604
NNPP: 102

Registered voters: 158,757
Accreditied voters: 68,727
Total valid votes:
Rejected votes: 886
Total votes cast:68,559

APC wins

  1. Zaria LGA
    APC: 78,659
    PDP: 47,091
    LP: 672
    NNPP: 2567

Registered voters: 326,068
Accreditied voters: 136,493
Total valid votes: 131,730
Rejected votes: 2248
Total votes cast:133,978

APC wins

  1. Kaduna South LGA
    APC: 69,170
    PDP:42,604
    LP:2,292
    NNPP:1,048

Registered voters: 407,580
Accreditied voters: 119,404
Total valid votes: 116,749
Rejected votes: 1730
Total votes cast: 118,479

APC wins

  1. Kaduna North LGA
    APC: 65,783
    PDP: 33,120
    LP:1,042
    NNPP: 4,307

Registered voters: 369,428
Accreditied voters:108,777
Total valid votes: 107,181
Rejected votes: 1499
Total votes cast:108,680

APC wins

  1. Chikun LGA
    APC:19,974
    PDP: 89,946
    LP: 4, 774
    NNPP ???

Registered voters: 334,071
Accreditied voters: 118,017
Total valid votes: 116,059
Rejected votes: 1,614
Total votes cast:117,673

PDP wins

  1. Igabi LGA
    APC: 74,994
    PDP: 40,681
    LP: 1998
    NNPP:1,117

Registered voters: 119, 277
Accreditied voters: 132, 175
Total valid votes: 119,277
Rejected votes: 3323
Total votes cast:122,633

APC wins

  1. Kagarko LGA
    APC: 18,830
    PDP:19,991
    LP:1,530
    NNPP:221

Registered voters: 129,788
Accreditied voters: 41,558
Total valid votes: 40,728
Rejected votes: 550
Total votes cast:41,298

  1. KACHIA

APC 23849
PDP 27490
LP 1726
NNPP 470

PDP wins

  1. LERE LGA
    APC- 45823
    PDP- 46363
    LP – 4321
    NNPP- 1515

PDP wins

  1. Birnin-Gwari LGA
    APC 20627
    PDP 19,954
    LP 37
    NNPP 726

APC WINS

  1. Kudan
    APC 21,076
    LP 887
    NNPP 670
    PDP 23,272

PDP wins

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