{"id":38541,"date":"2021-03-07T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T17:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=38541"},"modified":"2021-03-07T16:33:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T16:33:25","slug":"apc-wins-jigawa-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-wins-jigawa-by-election","title":{"rendered":"APC wins Jigawa by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammad Adamu, has emerged the winner of Saturday\u2019s Kafinhausa State Constituency by-election in Jigawa.<\/p>\n<p>Adamu polled 14,924 votes to beat other candidates in the election.<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that the poll took place in the 120 polling units in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Ahmed Kutama, the Returning Officer, declared the result at the collation centre in Kafinhausa Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>He said the APC candidate defeated his closest rival, Garba Muhammad Tambale, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 8,612 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The electoral officer declared Adamu the winner, having secured the highest number of votes.<\/p>\n<p>The third contestant was Usman Isyako of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) who secured 72 votes, NAN reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammad Adamu, has emerged the winner of Saturday\u2019s Kafinhausa State Constituency by-election in Jigawa. Adamu polled 14,924 votes to beat other candidates in the election. NAN reports that the poll took place in the 120 polling units in the area. 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