INEC on Sunday declared Jamilu Abubakar-Albani of APC as winner of the election for the Basawa Constituency seat in the Kaduna State House of Assembly.
Prof. Mohammed-Magaji Garba of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, the INEC Returning Officer for the election, announced the result in Zaria.
Garba said Abubakar-Albany secured 15,025 votes to defeat his closest rival, Muazu Danyaro of PDP), who scored 13,066 votes.
He added that Hassan Ahmed of NNPP scored 2,336 to come third, while Iliyasu Garba of Labour Party polled 662 votes.
“Jamilu Abubakar-Albany of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared winner and returned elected,’’ the returning officer said.
He disclosed that the constituency has 77,361 registered voters, but only 32,405 of them accredited themselves for the election, with 31,517 valid votes being recorded and 499 votes rejected.
