Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Yusuf Shitu Galambi, has won the Gwaram Federal Constituency by-election in Jigawa State.
He was declared the winner of the exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s returning officer for the bye-election, Professor Ahmed Shehu.
He said that Galambi won the election with 29,372 votes while his closest rival from the Peoples Democratic Party got only 10,047.
“AA scored 490 votes, ADC scored 44 votes, APC scored 29372 votes, APM scored 57 votes, APP scored 18 votes, NNPP scored 26, NRM scored 40, PDP scored 10,047 votes, PRP scored 366,” he said.
He added that the total registered voters in the constituency was 133,199 and the total accredited voters were 42,080 while the total votes cast amounted to 41,869, just as the total rejected votes are 1,375.
Recall that the Gwaram federal constituency became vacant after the death of Honorable Hassan Yuguda Kila.