The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Gov. Aminu Tambuwal winner of the governorship election, after the supplementary poll conducted on Saturday. He won by a small margin of 342 votes.
Prof. Fatima Mukhtar, the Chief Collation Officer announced that Tambuwal of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured the highest votes of 512, 002 defeating his close rival Alhaji Ahmad Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 511,660 votes.
In her Statement “PDP candidate, Aminu Tambuwal having scored the highest votes in the election is hereby declared the winner and returned elected according to law”
Mukhtar, who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, said the votes were merged with the previous ones recorded after the March 9 elections.
