APC clears more than 50 percent of Kaduna North LGA

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has so far won the Chairmanship seat in five of the eight Local Government Areas in Kaduna-North Senatorial District in the just concluded Council polls .

The party won the seats in Zaria, Sabon Gari, Lere, Kudan and Kubau Local Government Areas.

Results of the exercise in Soba, Makarfi and Ikara, are being awaited.

Malam Dayyabu Mohammed, Returning Officer  for Kubau Local Government Area,declared Bashir Zuntu of the APC, who has  23,973 votes, as the winner.

Zuntu defeated Malam Isah-Rabiu Imam of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 9, 038 votes, and Isah Yunusa of  (SDP), who scored 530 votes.

Mr Haruna Abdu, the Returning Officer for Kudan Local government Area declared Alhaji Shuaibu Jaja (APC) as the winner, having scored 18,129 votes.

He defeated Ibrahim-Shehu Doka of (PDP), who scored 16, 123 votes, and Umar Taba of the Labour Party, who had 1,844 votes.

Also, Alhaji Abubakar Buba  (APC), who garnered 36,389 votes, was declared winner in Lere, having defeated Mr Dalhat Abu-Daddai (PDP), who scored 24,294 votes.

Similarly, Alhaji Idris Ibrahim (APC), who had 34,006 votes,  emerged victorious in Zaria, at the expense of  Alhaji Yusuf Sambo (PDP), who polled 14,019  votes.

In Sabon Gari, Alhaji Mohammed Usman of APC was declared winner, after scoring 32,405 votes, to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Abdu Bello of PDP, who scored 13,777 votes.