JUST IN: Kwara governor AbdulRazaq re-elected for 2nd term

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Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq

By Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo

Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has defeated his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP opponent, Shuaib Yaman, to win re-election for a second term of office in Saturday’s gubernatorial election.

Abdulrazaq who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared winner of the election by Prof. Isaac Itodo, the Returning Officer for the Governorship poll.

Itodo, who is the Vice-Chancellor of University of Markurdi, said Abdulrazaq won in all the 16 local government areas of the state.

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AbdulRazaq polled 273, 242 votes to defeat the PDP candidate who is his closet rival who scored 155, 490 votes.

According to the returning officer, Akeem Lawal of the Social Democratic Party (SD), came third with 18,922 votes.

(NAN)

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