The candidate of NNPP, Abba Kabir Yusuf has emerged the winner of the Kano state gubernatorial election.
In the Final results announced by Returning Officer: Professor Ahmad Doko Ibrahim, Yusuf polled , 1,019,602 while the candidate of APC, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna polled – 890,705 to come second.
Total valid votes: 1,977,872
Rejected votes: 27,092
Total votes cast: 2,084
Meanwhile, the state government has imposed a dawn to dusk curfew to avoid breakdown of law and order due to tensions arising from the poll.
This was conveyed through a statement the commissioner for information and internal affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, released.
Garba said the step was to prevent hoodlums from to causing chaos in the already tensed situation, calling on state residents to remain indoors as security agents would monitor compliance.
