BREAKING: INEC Declares NNPP’s Abba Yusuf Kano Gov Election Winner

The candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Yusuf Abba Kabir, has been declared as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Kano state by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The declaration was made in the early hours of Monday amid growing tension in the state.

According to the results declared by the Returning Officer for the Kano State Governorship election, Professor Ahmed Ibrahim, the NNPP candidate polled 1,019,602 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 890,705 votes.

Below are the results as announced by the Returning Officer:

AA – 211

AAC – 955

ADC – 12,832

ADP – 9,402

APC – 890,705

APGA – 1,360

APM -4,955

APP – 430

BP- 533

LP – 5,409

NNPP – 1,019,602

NRM – 862

PDP – 15,957

PRP – 2,188

SDP – 759

YPP – 9,835

ZLP – 1,882

Total number of registered voters – 5,921,370

Total number of accredited voters – 2,032,955

Total number of valid votes – 1,977,872

Total number of rejected votes – 27,092

Total votes cast – 2,004,964

Meanwhile, owing to the growing tension in the state, the Kano State government has declared a dawn-to-dusk curfew in the state to forestall breakdown of law and order.