El-Rufai’s son defeats incumbent Abdu to win Kaduna North federal constituency seat
Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s son, Muhammad Bello, has won the Kaduna North Federal Constituency seat in Kaduna State under the All Progressive Congress (APC) with 51,052 votes.
Prof. Mohammed Magaji Garba from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Returning Officer for House Representatives Kaduna North, announced the result at the Magajin Gari Collation Centre in Kaduna on Monday.
Garba declared Bello the winner of the election having defeated his closest contender, the incumbent member representing the area, Malam Suleiman Samaila Abdu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 34, 808 votes.
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Malam Aliyu Mohammed Ahmad of NNPP came third with 10, 148 and Shehu Mohammed Faisal of the Labour Party (LP) scored 7,531 votes.
He said, “El-Rufai Mohammed Bello having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.’’
The returning officer said the constituency had 369, 428 registered voters and out of the 369, 428 registered voters, 110, 2697 voters were accredited for the election, while 106, 073 valid votes were cast.
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