Former Deputy Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the National President of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Dr. Nasiru Idris has been declared the Governor elect of Kebbi State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He secured 409,225 votes to beat his closest rival, retired Major General Aminu Bande of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 360,940 votes.
INEC had declared the March 18 governorship election in the state inconclusive and organized a rerun for April 15 in 142 polling units spread across 20 of the 21 local government areas.
Announcing the results in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital yesterday, the Returning Officer, Professor Yusuf Sa’idu of Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, said that the total votes cast was 800,560.
The alid votes were 781,478, while 19,082 votes were rejected.
