The deputy governor of Jigawa State, Malam Umar Namadi, of the All Progressives Congress APC has been declared winner of the just concluded election in the state.
In the result collated and announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in the state capital, Dutse, Namadi polled 618,449 votes, defeating his closest opponent, Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Mustapha Sule Lamido, who polled 368,726 votes.