Muhammad Abacha, son of the late former military leader, Sani Abacha, has emerged governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Kano State.
This was reported by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Mr Abacha polled 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes in the primary election on Wednesday in Kano State.
While announcing the results, the Returning Officer, Amina Garba, declared Mr Abacha as the winner of the primaries having scored 736 votes.
Also, the Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Mohammed Jamu, said the primaries were well conducted with properly elected delegates.
It was also supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the police and State Security Service operatives.