Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Birnin Kudu Constituency, Ibrahim Kabiru, has been declared winner in the House of Assembly supplementary election in Jigawa State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the state, Prof. Usman Haruna, announced the results of the election conducted on Saturday, April 15, 2023.
The Federal University of Dutse Don explained further that Kabiru polled 36,050 votes during the poll to beat his closest rival from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammad Surajo, who polled 34,545 votes.
Haruna said that Muhammad Yakubu of ADC scored 283 votes, Halilu Aliyu of ADP scored 117, Ahmad Abdullahi of LP scored 17, Sulaiman Abdullahi of NNPP scored 722 votes, Musa Mahmud of PPP scared 460 votes and Shuaibu Basiru of SDP scored 14 votes.
“That Ibrahim Kabiru of PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” the returning officer said.