EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abdussamad Dasuki, as the winner of Kebbe/Tambuwal federal constituency in Sokoto State.
Professor Abubakar Sidiq Muhammed, the returning officer, announced the results of the election on Sunday morning.
The PDP candidate emerged victorious with a total of 47,317 votes, defeating his closest opponent, Kokani Bala Kebbe of the APC, who received 34,282 votes.
Recalled that Dasuki was in the Federal House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019 before he was defeated by Kokani during the 2019 general elections.
The former Sokoto State Commissioner for Finance will be returning to the National Assembly for the second term to replace Kokani Bala Kebbe.
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