The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Zamfara state, Mukhtar Shehu as the winner of last Saturday’s election.
According to the Returning Officer in the state, Prof. Kabiru Bal, the APC candidate polled 534,541 to defeat his closest rival, Dr. Bello Muhammad Mutawalle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 189,452.
Bala, who is a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria made the announcement on Monday at the INEC headquarters in Gusau, the state capital.