As the results of presidential and National Assembly elections started trickling in, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state has won the elections at the polling unit of Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen Abdurrahman Dambazau.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dambazau’s polling unit 066 is located at Race Course Primary School, Alu Avenue in Nasarawa local government area.
Announcing the results of the 066 polling unit, the Assistant presiding Officer I of the unit, Malam Kabiru Musa, said the Presidential Candidate of APC scored 180 votes to defeat PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who got 41 votes.
Similarly he said, the Senatorial candidate of the APC for Kano Central, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, scored 136 votes to defeat the PDP Senatorial candidate for the zone, Aliyu Sani Madawakin gini who secured 69 votes.
According to the electoral officer, the All Progressives Congress (APC) had also defeated the PDP candidate for the House of Representatives, Nasarawa Federal constituency with 123 votes against 61 votes.
NAN reports that as at the time of filling this reports, the All Progressives Congress (APC) was leading at most of the polling units that have so far announced the results in Kano metropolis. (NAN)