APC’s Shuaibu Wins Dawakin Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency By-Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rabiu Shuaibu, winner of the Dawakin Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency by-election in Kano State.

The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Umar Sani, announced the result on Sunday, saying that Shuaibu secured 35,356 votes to emerge victorious in the poll conducted on Saturday.

According to Sani, the APC candidate defeated Lawal Garba-Haruna of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), who polled 268 votes, and Abubakar Yahaya-Muhammad of the Labour Party (LP), who scored 98 votes.

Declaring the result, the returning officer said Shuaibu met all legal requirements and obtained the highest number of valid votes cast in the election.

“The election was contested. That Rabiu Shuaibu of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Sani said.

The by-election was held to fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives created by the death of the former lawmaker representing the constituency, Muhammad Danjuma-Hassan of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).