The All Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Katsina State, Amuni Bello Masari, has won in all the 33 constituencies so far declared at press time yesterday out the 34 in the state. The collation of the votes was deferred at 1.00pm till 3.00pm because the result of Fasakri Local Government Area was still been awaited in Katsina. However, results so far declared showed that APC polled 613,132 votes as against 457,903 by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship election. A breakdown of the result revealed that the President –Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, delivered his home constituency, Daura, with ease while Governor Ibrahim Schema lost in his Dutsin-ma constituency. Similarly, the governorship candidate of APC, Masari, won in his home constituency, Kafur, while his PDP counterpart, Musa Nashuni, lost in Kankia. Investigations revealed that though the governorship and assembly elections were generally peaceful in most local government areas, they were characterized by violence in some areas. The worst hit area was Danmusa Local Government area where the results of 10 out the 11 wards in the constituency were cancelled due to violence. In Mashi Local Government, about 13 polling units had their results cancelled due to the violence that claimed no fewer than eight card readers and various electoral materials.TheSun
