Ibrahim Kabiru, a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party in the Birnin Kudu Constituency, has been proclaimed the victor of the Jigawa State House of Assembly supplementary election by the Independent National Election Commission.
On Saturday, the Federal University Dutse’s Prof. Usman Haruna, the returning officer, announced Kabiru as the victor in the Birnin Kudu Local Government Area.
He claimed that Kabiru received 36,050 votes, defeating Mr. Muhammad Surajo, the incumbent of the All Progressives Congress and his closest rival, who received 34,545 votes.
According to Haruna, Sulaiman Abdullahi of the NNPP received 722 votes, followed by Muhammad Yakubu of the ADC with 283 votes, Halilu Aliyu of the ADP with 117 votes, Ahmad Abdullahi of the LP with 17, Musa Mahmud of the PPP with 460 votes, and Shuaibu Basiru of the SDP with 14.
“That Ibrahim Kabiru of PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” the returning officer said.