Aliyu Yako of of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged winner of House Of Representatives rerun election in Kano state. has lost his seat in the house of representatives.
In the rerun election for Kuru and Bebeji federal constituency of Kano state on Saturday, Yako defeated Abdulmumin Jibrin of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a margin of 35,000 votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Yako as the winner after he garnered 48,601 votes with Jibrin trailing far behind with 13,507 votes.
Jibrin, a former chairman of the house committee on appropriation, was declared winner of the initial poll conducted in 2019.
But Yako, not satisfied with the outcome of the election, approached the court to challenge his victory, citing irregularities in the exercise. The appeal court sacked the former lawmaker and ordered a rerun election in his constituency.
In another rerun poll in Kano, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, majority leader of the house, defeated his main challenger from the PDP to clinch the seat for Doguwa/Tudun Wada constituency.
Doguwa, who was also sacked by an appeal court, scored 66,667 votes to defeat Yushau Mohammed of the PDP who got 6,322 votes.