El-rufai Wins Kaduna Governorship Election; Scores 1.1 Million Votes

The APCs Governorship Candidate for Kaduna State and a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has been declared winner of the Kaduna State governorship election held on Saturday.

According to the INEC in Kaduna, El-Rufa'i polled 1,117,635 million votes from across the 23 local government areas of the state. while the PDPs Candidate, Incumbent governor, Mukhtar Yero, polled a total of 485,833 votes.

The Returning Officer for Kaduna State, Prof. Ja'afaru Kaura, who announced the result, said El-Rufa'i defeated the incumbent governor and Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Mukhtar Yero, who polled a total of 485,833 votes.

Yero had, earlier in a telephone call and special radio broadcast to the people of the state, conceded defeat to the former minister.