Nasir El-Rufai of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has won the governorship election in Kaduna State.
El-Rufai, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, defeated 14 other candidates, including Gov. Mukhtar Yero who contested on the platform of the PDP.
The Returning Officer for the state, Prof. Jafar Kaura, said El-Rufai emerged victorious with 1, 117, 635 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yero of the PDP, who secured 485, 833 votes.
Kura said a total of 1, 710, 935 people were accredited for the election of which 1, 660, 109 voted.
According to him, 27, 116 votes were rejected while 65, 386 votes from 112 pulling units in 16 local government areas were cancelled due to various electoral offences.
Earlier candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ramalan Yero, conceded defeat to El-Rufai in a statement.
Aruwan said Yero called El-Rufai at around 3:00 p.m. to congratulate him on his victory.
“He congratulated El-Rufai and wished him success,” Aruwan said. “He prayed for peace and development of Kaduna state and Nigeria at large. El-Rufai in his response thanked Yero and wished all the best and hope to see you him soon.”
El-Rufai led with over 500,000 votes in 16 of the 20 local government areas announced by the state INEC with the results of three local governments yet to be announced as at 4:05 p.m.
