March 19, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Dr Dikko Umar-Radda of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Katsina State.
Prof. Muazu Abubakar-Gusau, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Gusau, who served as the State Returning Officer for the election, declared Radda the winner of the gubernatorial poll.
Umar-Radda polled 859,892 votes to beat his main challenger, Sen. Yakubu Lado-Danmarke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 486,620 votes.
While the total number of registered voters in the state was 3,516,719, the number of accredited voters for the election was 1,399,291.
Also, the number of rejected votes was 20,579, while the total valid votes was 1,365,848 and the total votes cast was 1,386,427.
However, Prof Abubakar-Gusau said election was cancelled in 88 polling units, citing violence and overvoting.
“That I Prof. Muazu Abubakar-Gusau, declared that the election was contested by candidates.
“Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, Dikko Umar-Radda of the APC is hereby declared winner and returned elected,” he said.
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