APC’s Nasiru Idris Declares Winner Of Kebbi Governorship Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nasiru Idris, as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in Kebbi State.

Mr Idris was declared the winner on Sunday by the returning officer, Yusuf Saidu in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital.

Mr Saidu, a Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, UDUS, said Idris polled a total of 409,225 votes to defeat the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Aminu Bande, who polled 360,940 votes.

“I, Professor Yusuf Saidu, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2023 Kebbi State Governorship Election held on the 15th day of April, 2023.

“That Idris Nasiru of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby the winner and is returned elected,” he declared.