The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has been declared the winner of the governorship election in the state.
Mr Namadi won in 26 of the 27 local government areas in Jigawa with a total of 618,449 votes.
His closest challenger, Mustapha Lamido of the People Democratic Party (PDP), won in his hometown, Birnin Kudu Local Government Area.
The candidate of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) Aminu Ibrahim, came a distant third with 37,156.
Mr Ibrahim did not win any local governments. He was defeated by the APC candidate in his Ringim Local Government Area with 32,475 against his 7, 809. The PDP candidate came second in the council area with 12,318 votes.
