By Mohammed Tijjani

El-Rufai Muhammad Bello  of the All Progressive Congress (APC), son of Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna, has won the Kaduna North  Federal Constituency in Kaduna state with 51,052  votes.

Prof Mohammed Magaji Garba  of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Returning Officer  for House Representatives, Kaduna North, announced the result at the Magajin Gari Collation Center in Kaduna on Monday.

Garba  declared Bello winner of the election having defeated his closest contender, the incumbent member representing the area, Malam Suleiman  Samaila Abdu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 34, 808 votes.

Malam  Aliyu Mohammed Ahmad  of NNPP came third with 10, 148 and Shehu Mohammed Faisal of Labour Party (LP) scored 7,531votes.

“El-Rufai Mohammed Bello having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared winner and returned elected.’’

The returning officer said the constituency had 369, 428  registered voter.

He said that out of the 369, 428 registered voters, 110, 269 7 voters were accredited for the election, while 106, 073 valid votes were cast. (NAN)