The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, as the winner of the governorship elections in Kwara State.
The Returning Officer for the governorship election, Prof. Mohammed Sanusi Liman, declared AbdulRazaq winner after the collation of results from the 16 local government of the state.
Lima, who is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Lafia, declared the APC candidate winner having satisfied the requirement of the law.
AbdulRazaq scored a total of 331,546 votes to defeat his closest rival, Razak Atunwa of the Peoples Democratic Party, that polled 114,754 votes.
The APC candidate led Atunwa in all the 16 local governments with wide margin.
The candidate of the All Progressives Alliance came third with 1,163 votes.
The Returning Officer said the total number of registered voters in the state is 1,376,372, while a total of 464,393 voters were accredited for the election.
He added there were 453,433 valid votes recorded, while 9,994 votes were invalid.