APC wins Kwara Assembly election

Adam Rufai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of Saturday’s by-election into Patigi constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembly.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Dr. Abdulazeez Ishola, declared the result in Patigi, headquarters of Patigi local government area of the state.

According to him, the APC candidate polled 10,354 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mohammed Yahaya, who scored 4,623.

Ishola, who put the total number of registered voters in the constituency at 57,093, said a total of 15,909 voters were accredited for the election.

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He said: “That Ahmed Rufai Adam of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes cast, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”

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