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Breaking: INEC Declares Winner in 2nd Northern State's By-Election

Published 20 Jun 2026 Updated 21 Jun 2026 at 1:31 AM

by Bada Yusuf

1 min read

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Rabiu Aiki, as the winner of the Zuru State Constituency by-election for the Kebbi State House of Assembly.

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The collation officer, Muhammad Danladi of the Federal University Birnin Kebbi, while announcing the result from the collation centre, said that Aiki scored 4,871 votes ahead of his closest rival, Aliyu Muhammad of the Labour Party (LP), who polled 168 votes.

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with over 5 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023) by Legit.ng. Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng

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