INEC declared PDP candidate winner of Kaduna Assembly bye election

From : Gambo Abubakar Kaduna

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Hon.Usman Baba (Ubale) of People Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the recent  Sabon Gari /Zaria constituency bye election of Kaduna state House of Assembly seat held this week.

Announcing the results at the collation centre in Zaria, the election Returning Officer Dr Mohammad Nuruddin Musa said, the candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Hon. Usman Musa has scored 9,113 votes while Hon. Musa Abdullah of All Progressive Congress APC got 7,404 votes.

Other contestants who participated and declared their results by the returning officer also are, Anas Abdullahi of ADC who  polled 62 votes,  Chindo Ibrahim of ADP  61 votes and Musa Halilu of PRP who polled 305 votes respectively.

” Hon. Usman Baba of PDP haven satisfied the requirements of the  law and polled the highest valid votes casted during the election has been declared a winner” Dr Nuruddin stated.

The state Assembly bye election was conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission after the demised of the former state Assembly member.