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The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress candidate, Rabiu Shuaibu, winner of the Dawakin Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency by-election.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Umar Sani, declared Shuaibu the winner of the election held on Saturday.
He said that Shuaibu polled 35,356 votes to defeat Lawal Garba-Haruna of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), who scored 268 votes, and Abubakar Yahaya-Muhammad of the Labour Party (LP), who garnered 98 votes. Related News Oyebanji, first Ekiti gov to be re-elected back-to-back since 1999 – Bamidele APC’s Faduyile wins Ondo South senatorial by-election Oyebanji celebrates re-election, thanks Ekiti voters for ‘clean sweep’
“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,” he said.
