By Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of the ruling All Progressives Congress has emerged winner of the governorship election in Kano with a margin of 8,982 votes.
In the result which was declared on Sunday night by the Kano Returning Officer of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Bello Shehu, Ganduje polled 1,033,695 votes while the PDP candidate. Abba Yusuf got 1,024,713 votes.
Professor Shehu therefore declared Ganduje winner of the governorship election and he was returned elected.
A total of 50,861 votes were declared as rejected in the whole exercise due to violence and over-voting.
However, there was tension at the collation center as agents of some parties, including the PDP, wanted INEC to address the irregularities that marred the election before declaring the result, a request INEC declined.
The Acting Chairman of the PDP, Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi insisted that there was no…
