Katsina State Government Thanks Voters Over Bye-Election Victory

Dr. Mustapha Inuwa

Dr. Mustapha Inuwa, the Secretary to the Katsina State Government, has praised the people of Katsina North Senatorial District for coming out massively to vote in the bye-election on Saturday.

The Secretary, said the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was a sign of success in the 2019 election.

Ahmed Babba Kaita who is the APC candidate, was declared by the Returning Officer of Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), early on Sunday as the winner, scoring 224,607 votes, while his elder brother and a retired customs officer, Alhaji Kabir Babba-Kaita of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 59,724 votes.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, out of the 855,092 registered voters, 308,500 were accredited at the 1825 voting points and 1577 polling units and 128 wards in the district, a huge turnout considering the apathy that had greeted past bye-elections in the country.

Dr. Inuwa said the voter turnout was encouraging especially considering the number of the accredited voters and the 294,050 people who cast their votes. He described the keenly contested election as peaceful.

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He further stated that the result was a clear evidence that the All Progressives Congress(APC) was in full control of the State and added that the government appreciated the resilience and understanding exhibited by the electorate especially the party members.

The APC, Inuwa said, would emerge victorious in future elections, using the landslide victories recorded in Bauchi and Kogi states as proofs of the party’s popularity among Nigerians.

The Secretary, said the APC led government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to salvaging the nation from the socio-economic and political predicament which the “moribund Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)” left as legacy in its sixteen years of misrule.

The Agency report stated that the bye-election became necessary following the death in April this year of Senator Mustafa Bukar who represented the district. NAN

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