Richard Anyebe
The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Abba Yusuf has won the Kano governorship election in the state.
Abba Yusuf defeated the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the current deputy governor of the state, Yusuf Gawuna.
Gawuna is Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s anointed candidate, while Abba Yusuf is keenly supported by the former governor of Kano state and presidential candidate of the NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Yusuf the winner at the end of the collation across 44 local government areas (LGAs) in the state.
The returning officer, Ahmad Dokko Ibrahim, announced that Abba Yusuf won the election with 1,019,602 votes, while Gawuna got 890,705 votes.
Recall that Abba Yusuf contested against Ganduje in the 2019 general election.
The election was regarded as controversial leading to supplementary polls.
At the end of the first election, Yusuf was leading Ganduje with 26,655 votes. Yusuf, who was at the time the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) candidate polled 1,014,474 votes while Ganduje got 987,819 votes.
INEC then announced supplementary elections in 28 out of the 44 local government areas in the state.
Ganduje eventually won by scoring 45,876 votes while Yusuf polled just 10,239 in the supplementary polls, thereby undoing his victory in the state.
The final results at the time were 1,033,695 votes for Ganduje and 1,024,713 for Yusuf. Both men were separated by less than 9,000 votes.
In other news, Kanyi Daily reported that the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni has won his re-election as governor of the North East state under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mai Mala Buni won in all 17 local government areas of the state with a total of 317,113 votes.
