APC’s Idris wins Kebbi Governorship election

Idris defeated PDP's retired Maj.-Gen. Aminu Bande by a margin of 409,225 votes. Dr. Nasiru Idris of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was named Kebbi's next governor on Sunday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), INEC ruled the state's governorship election on March 18 to be inconclusive. On Saturday, a second round of voting took place at 142 polling places spread over 20 of the state's 21 Local Government Areas. Prof. Yusuf Sa'idu of Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto, the returning officer, announced the final results at the INEC headquarters in Birnin Kebbi.He said Idris polled 409,225 votes to defeat his closest contestant, retired Maj.-Gen. Aminu Bande of PDP who scored 360,940 votes, while Alhaji Udu Idris of People’s Redemption Party, scored 3,103 votes. The returning officer explained that the total votes cast stood at 800,560, out of which valid votes were 781,478, while 19,082 votes were rejected. “I, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu, the Returning Officer of the governorship election held on April 15, 2023, declare that Nasiru Idris of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby returned elected as Governor of Kebbi,” he added.