Ex Speaker, Masari, Wins Katsina Guber Election

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Masari, has won the governorship election in Katsina State under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Returning Officer, Prof. Lawal Bilbis, on Sunday, said that Masari polled 943,085 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Musa Nashuni, who scored 476,768 votes in the Saturday’s elections.

Bilbis said that Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate, Sen. Yakubu Lado, got 50,361 votes, while Alhaji Umar Abdullahi of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), secured 42,302 votes.

According to the retuning officer, seven political parties took part in the election.

“Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, Aminu Bello Masari of APC is declared the winner and returned elected,’’ Bilbis said.

He said that the election was free, fair and conducted in accordance with the law.