Malam Uba Sani of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Kaduna Central Senate seat with 355,242
votes in the Feb. 23 general elections.
Uba Sani, former Adviser to
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai on Political matters, defeated his closest rival Lawal
Adamu of the PDP, who scored 195,497 votes.
The Returning Officer for
INEC National Assembly elections, Prof. Zakari Muhammad of the Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria announced the results on Tuesday in Kaduna.
Uba Sani also defeated the
incumbent, Sen Shehu Sani of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) who scored
70,613 votes.
Shehu Sani won the Senate
seat on the platform of the APC in 2015, but defected to the PRP after he lost
in the APC primaries.
Meanwhile, Mr Samaila
Suleiman of the APC has won the Kaduna North Federal Constituency with 86,227
votes.
Suleiman defeated Mr Ali
Muazu of the PDP, who scored 33,858 votes.
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