INEC declares NNPP’s Abba Kabir winner of Kano gov’ship poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Abba Kabir Yusuf, the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), as the winner of the governorship election held on Saturday in Kano.

Professor Ahmad Doko Ibrahim, the returning officer while announcing the final result said, Yusuf polled
1,019,602 votes to defeat his closest rival of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir Yusuf Gawuna who polled 890,705 votes.

The declaration was made in the early hours of Monday amid growing tension in the state.