Mohammed Umar Bago, the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate in Niger, has been declared the winner of the governorship election in Niger State.
Bago won in 20 of the 25 Local Government Areas and received 469,896 votes, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday.
Professor Clement Allawa, the State Collation Officer, declared Bago the winner of the Minna election, saying the APC candidate won in 20 of the 25 Local Government Areas.
He stated that Bago received 469,896 votes to defeat his main rival, Isah Liman Kantigi of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 387, 476 votes and won five local government areas.
“That Mohammed Umar Bago of the APC having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and returned elected on this day March 20, 2023,” Professor Allawa stated.
“I, Professor Clement Allawa, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2023 governorship election that was contested on March 18, 2023.”
According to Allawa, the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Yahaya Mohammed, finished third with 3, 378 votes, while the only female candidate in the election, Khadijat Abdulahi, who ran on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, received 1, 746 votes.
He also stated that the total number of registered voters was 899, 488, with 889, 956 votes cast.
