INEC declares APC’s Abdulrazaq winner of Kwara governorship election
10 March 2019 |
3:45 pm
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of the All Progressives Congress has been officially declared the winner of Saturday's governorship election in Kwara State. Abdulrazaq polled a total of 331,546 votes out of a total of 453, 433 votes. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abdulrazaq Atunwa polled 114,754 votes. 9994 votes were rejected, the returning officer…
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of the All Progressives Congress has been officially declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Kwara State.
Abdulrazaq polled a total of 331,546 votes out of a total of 453, 433 votes. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abdulrazaq Atunwa polled 114,754 votes.
9994 votes were rejected, the returning officer for the state Prof Sanusi Liman said on Sunday.
Abdulrazaq is now expected to succeed Abdulfattah Ahmed as the governor of the state on May 29.
Details soon.
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