Hussain Muhammad- Jallo of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the Feb. 25 elections for the Igabi Federal Constituency, Kaduna state.
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The Returning Officer, Prof. Umaru Musa who declared the result in Turunku, Igabi on Monday said Muhammad-Jallo polled 46,189 votes to defeat his closest rival Ibrahim Zayyad of the All Progressive Congress(APC)who got 41,331.
Musa added that the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) candidate Shuaibu Abubakar came third with 5,394 votes while Yahya Salisu of the Labour Party(LP) scored 3,726 votes.
He noted that some polling units' elections were canceled due to overvoting, violence, destruction of results sheets, and refusal to use the BIVAS machine.
“Jallo Hussaini Muhammad of PDP having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected”, he said.
