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Abacha’s Son Wins Kano PDP Governorship Primaries

Malik Yahya/

Alhaji Muhammad Abacha, son of former military leader, Sani Abacha has emerged governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Kano State.

He polled 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes in the primary election held yesterday in Kano.

Announcing the results, the Returning Officer, Hajiya Amina Garba, declared  Abacha as the winner of the primaries having scored the highest number of votes.

The Chairman the Electoral Committee, Alhaji Mohammed Jamu, said the primaries were legally conducted with validly-elected delegates and supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, police and State Security Service operatives.

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