All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Dr Nasiru Idris, has been declared the winner of the supplementary governorship election in Kebbi State.
Idris, who is the President of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), defeated his closest rival, Maj. Gen. Aminu Bande (rtd) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Idris was declared the winner on Sunday by the Returning Officer for Kebbi State, Yusuf Saidu in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital.
Saidu, a Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry with the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), said Idris polled 409,225 votes to beat his close rival, Maj-Gen. Bande (rtd.) who garnered 360,940 votes.
The vote margin between them is 48,285.
Declaring Idris the winner of the keenly contested poll, the Returning Officer said, “I, Professor Yusuf Saidu, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2023 Kebbi State Governorship Election held on the 15th day of April, 2023.
“That Idris Nasiru of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby the winner and is returned elected.”
