Wilson Adekumola
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced Senator Uba Sani of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Kaduna, winner of the just concluded governorship election of March 18 in the state.
The State Collation Officer for governoship election, Prof. Lawal Suleiman Bilbis disclosed that Sani polled 730,002 votes while Mohammed Isa Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party had 719,196 votes.
While analysing the outcome of the governorship election, he gave the total votes scored by the political parties in the states as follows:
APC: 730,002, LP: 58,283, NNPP: 21,405 and PDP: 719,196.
The People’s Democratic Party Candidate, Hon. Mohammed Isa Ashiru Kudan won in 13 local government areas of Kaura, Sanga, Kajuru, Makarfi, Jaba, Jema’a, Zangon Kataf, Soba, Chikun, Kagarko, Lere, Kachia and Kudan.
The APC governoship candidate, Sen. Uba Sani won only in 10 local government areas of Giwa, Ikara, Kauru, Sabon Gari, Kubau, Zaria, Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Igabi and Birnin-Gwari.
The results as collated by INEC from the 23 local government areas are as follow:
Kaura LGA
APC: 7,748
LP: 12,950
NNPP: 618
PDP: 15,108
Giwa LGA
APC: 30,773
LP: 221
NNPP: 547
PDP: 28,869
Sanga LGA
APC: 12,338
LP: 2,135
NNPP: 457
PDP: 13,119
Kajuru LGA
APC: 8,271
LP: 1,773
NNPP:982
PDP: 23,125
Jaba LGA
APC:7,564
LP: 2,871
NNPP: 174
PDP: 14,616
Makarfi LGA
APC: 25,670
LP: 278
NNPP: 532
PDP: 26,128
Ikara LGA
APC: 29,066
LP: 692
NNPP: 550
PDP: 28,612
Jema’a LGA
APC 19,920
LP 6,017
NNPP 543
PDP 28,963
Zangon Kataf
APC 11,448
LP 7,377
NNPP 534
PDP 33,185
Kauru LGA
APC 26,915
PDP 26,342
LP 3,461
NNPP 455
Soba LGA
APC 27,235
PDP 30,874
LP 457
NNPP 335
Sabon Gari LGA
APC 44,406
PDP 33,553
LP 972
NNPP 2706
Kubau LGA
APC 39,855
PDP 26,627
LP 604
NNPP 102
Zaria LGA
APC: 78,659
PDP: 47,091
LP: 672
NNPP: 2,567
Kaduna South LGA
APC: 67,170
PDP: 42,604
LP: 2,292
NNPP: 1,048
Kaduna North LGA
APC: 65,782
PDP: 33,120
LP: 1,042
NNPP: 4,307
Chikun LGA
APC: 19,979
PDP: 89,946
LP:: 4,770
NNPP:477
Igabi LGA
APC: 74,974
PDP: 40,681
LP: 1,178
NNPP:1,117
Kagarko LGA
APC: 18,830
PDP: 19,991
LP: 1 530
NNPP: 221
Kachia LGA
APC: 23849
PDP: 27490
LP: 1726
NNPP: 470
Lere LGA
APC:45,823
PDP: 46,363
LP: 4,321
NNPP 1,515
Birnin Gwari
APC: 20,627
PDP: 19,954
LP: 37
NNPP: 726
Kudan LGA
APC: 21,076
PDP: 23,272
LP: 887
NNPP: 670
