Ex-speaker Kusada of APC wins Katsina Reps bye election
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the independent national electoral commission has declared alhaji abubakar kusada of the all progressives congressapc as winner of the bye-election into the house of representatives 1 the election was conducted in the kankiyakusadaingawa federal constituency in katsina state on saturday1 the news agency of nigeria reports that kusada was the speaker of katsina state house of assembly before his election today. prof adedayo hamza the returning officer who announced the result on saturday in kankiya said kusada scored 48518 votes to emerge winner.1 alhaji abdussamad yusuf of pdp came second with 20193 votes while nasiru kankiya of the peoples redemption party scored 1810 votes as second runner-up1 abdullahi umar of the yes electorate solidarity yes got 221 votes1 according to hamza the total number of registered voters in the constituency is 193904 while the number of accredited voters was 742421 the number of valid votes cast was 70742 and rejected votes 2331.the total number of votes cast was 730731 mr festus okoye the inec national commissioner advised political parties to intensify voter education and management of polling units1 he commended the political parties security agencies mediamen and other stakeholders for the peaceful conduct of the bye election 1