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Kaduna Gov El-Rufai, APC lose all senatorial seats to opposition PDP
Gov Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have lost all the state’s three senatorial seats to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s National Assembly elections.
Periscope International reports that previously only Kaduna South was occupied by PDP but with the outcome of Saturday’s election, all the three seats – Kaduna North, Kaduna Central, and Southern Kaduna are now taken over by PDP.
In Kaduna North, the incumbent Sen Suleiman Kwari of the APC lost to Khalid Ibrahim Mustapha of PDP.
Khalid secured 260,026 votes against Kwari, who polled 190,008 votes in the election.
In Kaduna Central, PDP’s Lawal Usman won after polling 225,066 votes ahead of APC’s Abdullahi Sani who polled 182,035 votes.
In Kaduna South, PDP’s Sunday Katung won the seat with 138,246 to defeat his closest rival Ayuba Micheal of the Labour Party, with APC’s Bulus Audu coming third with 77,753 votes.
