The Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Zailani of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been been reelected as member to represent Igabi West state Constituency in the state.
Announcing the result at the Collation Centre in Rigachikun, the Returning Officer for the election, Professor Bashir Abubakar said Zailani polled a total of 45,849 votes to defeat his closest rival , Ibrahim Usman of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 23, 163 votes.
READ ALSO: APC Wins Sokoto Governorship Election
The Candidates of Labour Party (LP ) and that of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) scored 1,698 and 1,242 votes respectively to place third and fourth.
The governor said the PDP in Bauchi never had anybody who was a member working against him and other stalwarts.
The Labour Party and its candidate, Mr Peter Obi, had similarly filed a petition at the tribunal in Abuja.
The state government says the LP candidate is attempting to use strong-arm tactics, blackmail, and violence as instruments for "fraudulent…
The mission described the use of ethnically charged rhetoric before, during, and after the governorship election in Lagos as particularly…
According to him, his support for president-elect Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was based on the principles…
He made the comment while speaking at a farewell meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, at…