APC vs PDP: INEC Announces Winners in Zamfara Supplementary Election

• INEC has declared the winner of the supplementary election in Kaura-Namoda South State Constituency by-election in Zamfara state
• The returning officer, Lawal Sa’adu of the Federal University Gusau, declared Kamilu Sa’idu of the APC as the winner of the election
• According to Sa'adu, the APC candidate polled 1,181 votes to defeat Muhammad Lawal Kurya of the PDP in the supplementary election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Kamilu Sa’idu, as the winner of the supplementary election in the Kaura-Namoda South State Constituency by-election in Zamfara state.

Announcing the election results, the returning officer, Lawal Sa’adu of the Federal University Gusau, said that Sa'adu garnered 1,181 votes in the supplementary poll to defeat Muhammad Lawal Kurya, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 194 votes.

Channels TV reported that in the total results, the APC got 8,182 votes, while the PDP secured 5,544 votes in the constituency.

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The returning officer's statement reads in part:

“Kamilu Sa’idu of the APC, having scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.”

Where elections were held in Zamfara

The announcement came after the supplementary election in two registration areas in the constituencies, which are Kyambarawa with three polling units and Sakajiki with two polling units.

INEC held the rerun after the bye-election was declared inconclusive on Saturday, August 16, at the collation centre in Kasuwar Daji.

The margin between the APC and PDP candidates was 1,662 votes, which was less than the 3,265 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) that were collected in the affected polling units.

After the INEC declaration, Kamilu Sa’idu will now be the representative of the Kaura-Namoda South Constituency in the state House of Assembly.

The battle for power in Zamfara

The battle for power in Zamfara has become intense since the PDP defeated the APC in the 2023 governorship election in the state. Bello Matawalle, the incumbent governor, who was defeated in the election, is now serving as the Minister of Defence under President Bola Tinubu's administration.

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On the other hand, Dauda Lawal, the PDP candidate who defeated Matawalle in the 2023 election, has accused his predecessor of fueling insecurity in the state and called on President Tinubu to sack him from his ministerial position.

The supplementary election serves as a test of strength for Lawal and Matawalle ahead of the 2027 general election, where both of them could be running for a second term in office.

PDP threatens members involved in anti-party activities

Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP has issued a threat to the likes of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun and the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, for endorsing President Bola Tinubu's second-term ambition

Apart from Adeleke and Wike, former governor Samuel Ortom, and some PDP senators, and several chieftains of the party have endorsed Tinubu for a second term

Speaking on the development, the PDP maintained that the actions of the members are a clear violation of the party's constitution

Proofreading by James Ojo, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng