Katsina State All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Dikko Radda, has emerged the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state.
The state collation officer, Muazu Abubakar, announced on Saturday that Radda polled 859,892 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yakubu Lado, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 486,620 votes.
The election, which was keenly contested by 13 candidates, saw Nura Khalil of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) winning 8263 votes.
Imran Jino of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) got 4,226 votes, while Ibrahim Zakari of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) got 1,049 votes. Labour Party’s Abu Musawa won 560 votes.
In his announcement, Abubakar, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau, disclosed that the number of registered voters in Katsina state stands at 3,516,719, and the number of accredited voters is 1,399,291.
The total valid votes cast in the gubernatorial election are 1,365, 848, while 20,579 were rejected. The total votes cast in the election were 1,386,427.
