Malam Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress has won the Kaduna Central Senatorial District seat with 355,242 votes in the February 23 general elections.
Uba Sani, former Adviser to Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Political matters, defeated his closest rival, Lawal Adamu of the Peoples Democratic Party, who scored 195,497 votes.
The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission National Assembly elections, Prof. Zakari Muhammad of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, announced the results on Tuesday in Kaduna.
Uba Sani also defeated the incumbent, Senator Shehu Sani of the People’s Redemption Party, who scored 70,613 votes.
Shehu Sani won the Senate seat on the platform of the APC in 2015, but defected to the PRP after he lost in the APC primaries.
Meanwhile, Samaila Suleiman of the APC has won Kaduna North Federal Constituency with 86,227 votes.
Suleiman defeated Ali Muazu of the PDP, who scored 33,858 votes.