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Aminu Masari (Image source: PREMIUM TIMES)
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former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Masari, has won the
governorship election in Katsina State on the platform of All Progressives
Congress, APC.
The
Returning Officer, Lawal Bilbis, said on Sunday that Mr. Masari polled 943,085
votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Musa Nashuni, who
scored 476,768 votes in the Saturday election.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports:
Mr.
Bilbis said that PDM candidate, Yakubu Lado, got 50,361 votes, while Umar
Abdullahi of APGA secured 42,302 votes.
According
to the retuning officer, seven political parties took part in the election.
“Having
satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes,
Aminu Bello Masari of APC is declared the winner and returned elected,’’ Mr.
Bilbis, a professor, announced.
He
said the election was free, fair and conducted in accordance with the law.
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