In Kebbi state where the supplementary governorship election has been concluded and a winner declared yesterday.

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Nasiru Idris, was declared winner after polling a total of 409,225 votes to beat his closest rival, Retired Major General Aminu Bande, of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, who garnered 360,940 votes.

Idris, who is the President of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), was declared winner by the Returning Officer for Kebbi State, Professor Yusuf Saidu, in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital.

Speaking after the announcement, the INEC National Commissioner for Information and Voters’ Education, Festus Okoye, said the Commission did very well in the election and absolved it of any complicity in the violence witnessed at some polling units.

Shortly after he was announced winner, the Kebbi State Governor-Elect, Nasiru Idris, gave his acceptance speech and thanked everybody who contributed to his success and promised a better Kebbi State.