Former FCT Minister, Senator Adamu Aliero, of the All Progressives Congress has won Saturday’s Kebbi Central Senatorial District poll.
Aliero, the incumbent senator representing the area, was announced winner with 232,000 votes by the Returning Officer, Prof. Kasimu Shehu, in Birnin Kebbi on Monday.
The returning officer said Shehu Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party came second with 75,638 votes.
The senatorial zone is made up of Aliero, Gwandu, Jega, Bunza, Koko/Besse, Kalgo, Birnin Kebbi and Maiyama Local Government Areas of Kebbi State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Aliero was Governor of Kebbi State from 1999 to 2007 and also won the senatorial seat in 2007 and 2015.