THE candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso is currently leading in the presidential election in Kano State after results from nine LGAs were collated.
Kwankwaso has so far secured 139,725 votes compared to his arch rivals, APC candidate Bola Tinubu, who has scored 81,511 votes and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, who polled 19,436
The results of nine of the 40 local governments have been officially announced at the INEC State Collation Centre in Kano.
The NNPP candidate has won in eight of the nine LGAs while APC’s Tinubu has won one LGA.
The eight LGAs where Kwankwaso won are Gaurun Mallam, Rimin Gado, Kibya, Kura, Gezawa, Minjibir, Gabasawa and Warawa.
Collation of results is ongoing in other LGAs.
Mustapha Usman is an investigative journalist with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting. You can easily reach him via: musman@icirnigeria.com. He tweets @UsmanMustapha_M