Yero Concedes Defeat, Congratulates El-Rufai

The Governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Yero, has conceded defeat and congratulated Mallam Nasir el-Rufai for winning the April 11 governorship election in the state.

Yero, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, called el-Rufai on phone at about 3:00p.m on Sunday to concede defeat and congratulate the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for winning the election.

Mr. Samuel Aruwan, Media Officer of the state APC Campaign Council, who stated this in Kaduna, said el-Rufai thanked the governor for his magnanimity in defeat.

“He congratulated el-Rufai and wished him success, he prayed for peace and development of Kaduna State and Nigeria at large.

“El-Rufai, in his response, thanked Yero and wished him all the best and hoped to see him soon,” Aruwan said. NAN.