The Garko local government area of Kano state will have a new House of Representative member after Murtala Muhammad Kadage of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the supplementary election held in the state.
NNPP’s Kadaga recorded a famous victory over Abba Ibrahim of the APC, to represent the constituency in the state House of Assembly.
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Professor Suleiman Mudi from Bayero University, Kano, who is the Independent National Electoral Commission for the constituency, said the NNPP candidate garnered the highest votes.
He said: “Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes, I hereby declare Murtala Muhammad Kadage of the NNPP as the winner of the Garko Local Government state assembly election supplementary election.”