Leadership (Abuja)

Nigeria: PDP Wins Soba LG Chairmanship Election in Kaduna State

2 December 2012

The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM) on Sunday declared Alhaji Kawu Ibrahim-Yakasai of the PDP as the winner of Saturday's election for the chairmanship of Soba Local Government Council.

Malam Aliyu Haruna, the Returning Officer, said that Ibrahim-Yakasai of the PDP polled 62, 170 votes to defeat Alhaji Hassan Abdullahi of the CPC, who got 20, 143 votes

Haruna, who announced the result at Maigana, the headquarters of Soba Local Government Area, said that the PDP also won eight councillorship seats, while the CPC won one seat.

He, however, said that the councillorship result for Gimba Ward had been cancelled.

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