PDP floors El-Rufai at Kaduna Govt Houseâ€™s polling units

Maryam Ahmadu-Suka, Kaduna |10th Mar 2019 | 2,294

Governor el-Rufai

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP won the polling units atSir Kashim Ibrahim House Kaduna (Government House), defeating the incumbent governor, Nasir El-Rufai of the All Progressive Congress, APC.

Meanwhile the governor recorded a landslide victory at his polling unit 024, Ungwar Sarki ward, Kaduna.

Isa Ashiru of the PDP polled 145 votes against El-Rufai’s 114 atPU013, Government House.

AtPU014, Government House, PDP recorded 109 votes while APC got 84.

However, El-Rufai polled 367 votes at his polling unit, while PDP polled 59 votes.

Abdullahi Sadiq, the Presiding Officer of PU02 announced the results

•Sourced from a Daily Trust report

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