APC Wins Governorship Election in Niger
The candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Rt. Honourable Umar Mohammed Bago, has won the Governorship election in Niger state.
Announcing the result in Minna on Monday, the state collation officer, Professor Clement Allawa, stated that the Bago won in 20 of the 25 local Government areas and polled a total of 469, 896.
“I professor Clement Allawa hereby certify that I am the returning Officer for the 2023 governorship election that was contested on the 18th March, 2023”
“I declare that Umar Mohammed Bago of the APC haven satisfied the requirements the law is hereby declared the winner the 2023 Governorship election in Niger state.
He stated that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party who was the closest rival of the APC candidate, Isah Liman Kantigi won in 5 local government areas with 387, 476 votes.
He also announced that the candidate of New Nigeria People’s Party, Yahaya Mohammed came 3rd with a total of 3, 378 votes while the only female candidate in the election Khadijat Abdulahi who contested under the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance polled 1, 746 votes.
He added that the total accredited voters was 899, 488 while he gave the number of vote cast as 889, 956.
