In what turned out to be a keenly contested governorship primaries in Kogi APC, Prince Abubakar Audu has defeated other contestants.
Declaring the results in the early hours of Sunday, the Chief Returning Officer for the primaries, Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State announced that Prince Abubakar Audu polled the highest number of votes to defeat his closest rival, Alh. Yahaya Bello.
The Governor appealed to other contestants in the race to accept the result, saying the Electoral Panel did all within its powers to ensure a free and fair primary election.
Below is the full result:
Declaring the results in the early hours of Sunday, the Chief Returning Officer for the primaries, Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State announced that Prince Abubakar Audu polled the highest number of votes to defeat his closest rival, Alh. Yahaya Bello.
The Governor appealed to other contestants in the race to accept the result, saying the Electoral Panel did all within its powers to ensure a free and fair primary election.
Below is the full result:
Abubakar sanusi - 309
Yahaya Bello - 703
Idris Danjuma - 5
Idris Maiyanga - 2
Tunde Irukera - 0 ( Withdrew from the race)
Alex Kadiri - 1
Onukaba Adinoyi Ojo – 2
Ocholi James – 90
Olumoroti George - 58
Lanre Ipinmiso - 0
Rotimiti Obadofin - 16
Yekin Abdullah Habeeb - 8
Tim Nda Diche - 13
Yakub Mohammed - 1
Sunday Edibo - 1
Sulaiman Abutu - 2
Clarence Obafemi -7
Hadiza Ibrahim – 4
Mohammed Abdullahi – 0
Nurudeen Abatemi – 400
Abubakar Audu - 1,109
