Nigeria Decides 2019
NIGER STATE: APC’s Abubakar Bello wins re-election
Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has emerged winner of the March 9 governorship election held in the state.
Sani Bello of the All Progressive Congress (APC) defeated his main contender in the race, Umar Nasko of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 228,347 votes to win his reelection bid.
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Returning Officer for Niger state, Professor Angela Freeman Miri, declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate polled 526,412 votes while PDP got 298,065 votes.
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“Having polled the highest votes, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is declared the winner of the election and so returned elected,” she declared.
See details of the final result below.
Total number Registered Voters in the state is 2,377,034. 925,518 were accredited for voting while the state recorded a total Valid Votes of 900,871.
19,609 were Rejected Votes from the 920,480 Vote Cast.
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