The All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost all three Senatorial seats to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State in Saturday’s parliamentary elections.
Out of the three seats – Kaduna North, Kaduna Central, and Southern Kaduna – only Southern Kaduna was previously occupied by PDP.
In Kaduna north, the incumbent Senator, Suleiman Abdu Kwari of the APC lost to Khalid Ibrahim Mustapha of the PDP.
The returning officer for the election, Professor Saleh Ado, announced that Khalid secured 260,026 votes against Kwari, who polled 190,008 votes.
In Kaduna Central, PDP’s Lawal Adamu Usman, won with over 250,000 votes.
According to the Returning Officer, Professor Haruna Aminu, Usman polled 225,066 votes ahead of APC’s Abdullahi Mohammad Sani who polled 182,035 votes.
In Southern Kaduna, Sunday Katung of the PDP won the seat with 138,246 to defeat his closest rival Ayuba Micheal of the Labour Party who scored 101,479.