The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nasiru Idris winner of the Kebbi State gubernatorial polls
The Kebbi State Returning Officer made the declaration on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital.
Idris defeated his closest opponent, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Maj-Gen. Aminu Bande (rtd.)
Declaring Idris the winner of the keenly contested poll, the Returning Officer said: “I, Professor Yusuf Saidu, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2023 Kebbi State Governorship Election held on the 15th day of April, 2023.
“That Idris Nasiru of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby the winner and is returned elected.”
