The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Malam Umar Namadi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the Jigawa State governorship election on Sunday.
Prof. Umar Zaiyan, the state’s Returning Officer, who announced the results in Dutse, said Namadi received 618,449 votes to defeat his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opponent, Mr. Mustapha Sule Lamido, who received 368,726 votes.
He said: “I Prof. Umar Zaiyan hereby certify that Umar Namadi of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the Law is declared the winner of the Jigawa governorship election.”
The returning officer also stated that 1.07 million voters were registered for the Saturday election, with 1.05 million votes cast.
Namadi is Jigawa State’s current deputy governor
