All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Niger state, Alh Abubakar Bello, has been declared winner of the governorship election in the state by the Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulganiu Ambali.
Bello polled 593,702 votes to defeat Alh. Umar Nasko of the Peoples Democratic Party, who got 239,772 votes.
The APC governorship candidate won 23 of the 25 local government areas announced.
Bello had taking a commanding lead earlier on Sunday, winning all 16 local government areas before a break was announced in collation around 5pm.
It wasn’t until midnight that collation resumed with the APC sustaining its momentum.
Details of the results from the local government for the two parties are as follows:
Munya LG:APC, 12,636PDP, 7,542
Tafa LG:APC, 11,555PDP, 7,267
Bosso LG:APC, 29,777PDP, 7,187
Paikoro LG:APC, 25,959PDP, 10,023
Rafi LG:APC, 31,307PDP, 8,937
Chanchaga LG:APC, 44,050PDP, 14,863
Katcha LG:APC, 20,175PDP, 7,488
Shiroro LG:APC, 26,478PDP, 8,862
Bida LG:APC, 38,055PDP, 7,345
Lavun LG:APC, 25,497PDP, 10,713
Rijau LG:APC, 21,093PDP, 11,880
Gbako LG:APC, 22,629PDP, 8,902
Borgu LG:APC, 25,006PDP, 7,798
Lapai LG:APC, 27,114PDP, 6,790
Agai LG:APC, 20,101PDP, 9,189
Suleja LG:APC, 27,886PDP, 9,292
Magama LG:APC, 18,864PDP, 20,036
Gurara LG:APC, 15,211PDP, 7,921
Edati LG:APC, 12,326PDP, 11,184
Agwara LG:APC, 7,472PDP, 8,751
Wushishi LG:APC, 16,049PDP, 8,387
Mokwa LG:APC, 27,880PDP, 8,097
Kontagora LG:APC, 39,295PDP, 11,196
Mashegu LG:APC, 22,634PDP, 8,734
Mariga LG:APC, 24,653PDP, 10,437
