Suleiman Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, a candidate for the New Nigeria People’s Party, has been proclaimed the winner of the Kano South senatorial race by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The election results were declared at the collation center in the state’s Rano Local Government Area by the returning officer, Prof. Ibrahim Barde.
He said Sumaila polled 319,857votes to defeat his rival Gaya of the All Progressives Congress, who scored 192, 518, while Murtala Bashir Galadanci of the Peoples Democratic Party got 14,880 votes.
Sumaila was a former Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives).
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