Wild Jubilation as INEC Declares APC’s Uba Sani Winner of Kaduna 2023 Governorship Election

Wild Jubilation as INEC Declares APC’s Uba Sani Winner of Kaduna 2023 Governorship Election

The governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna state, Senator Uba Sani, has been declared the winner of the governorship election in Kaduna state as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday evening, March 20.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai's preferred successor Sani was declared winner of the guber polls after the final collation of the state's results by INEC on Monday.

Uba Sani, APC, Kaduna state 2023 governorship election, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai
Uba Sani wins Kaduna 2023 Governorship Election. Photo credit: Uba Sani
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Final result:

After the state's final collation of results, Uba Sani emerged victorious after scoring 730,002 votes to defeat his closest rival Ashiru Isa of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), who scored 719,196 votes, who came second in the race with Jonathan Asake of the Labour Party (LP), who came a distant third after scoring21, 405 votes.

Meanwhile, four serious candidates slug it out in the March 18 governorship election in Kaduna State, north-west Nigeria, to succeed Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state, watch the Live Updates by Legit.ng that finally brought the winner of the poll.

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Interestingly, Uba Sani, the Senator Uba Sani, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, in the 9th Legislative Assembly is Governor Nasir El-Rufai's preferred successor.

Source: Legit.ng

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from NIJ, where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.