Kaduna – Gov. Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State on Sunday congratulated Malam
Nasiru El-Rufai for winning the April 11 governorship election in the state.
Yero, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
Candidate, called El-Rufai on phone at about 3:00p.m to concede defeat and
congratulate the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for winning the
election.
Mr Samuel Aruwan, Media Officer of the state APC
Campaign Council, who stated this in Kaduna, said El-Rufai thanked the governor
for his magnanimity in defeat.
“He congratulated El-Rufai and wish him success,
he prayed for peace and development of Kaduna State and Nigeria at large.
“El-Rufai in his response thanked Yero and
wished him all the best and hope to see him soon,” Aruwan said.
The collation of the results was still
going on with just one local government out of the 23 remaining as at 4:50 p.m.
(BraveheartNija)
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