{"id":65383,"date":"2019-03-10T17:38:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T16:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=65383"},"modified":"2019-03-10T17:38:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T16:38:58","slug":"inec-declares-apcs-abdulzaraq-winner-of-kwara-governorship-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/inec-declares-apcs-abdulzaraq-winner-of-kwara-governorship-election\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Declares APC&#8217;s Abdulzaraq Winner of Kwara Governorship Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m8312275330186361033\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of the All Progressives Congress has been<br \/>\nofficially declared the winner of Saturday\u2019s governorship election in<br \/>\nKwara State.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulrazaq polled a total of 331,546 votes out of a total of 453, 433<br \/>\nvotes. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abdulrazaq<br \/>\nAtunwa polled 114,754 votes.<\/p>\n<p>9994 votes were rejected, the returning officer for the state Prof Sanusi<br \/>\nLiman said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulrazaq is now expected to succeed Abdulfattah Ahmed as the governor of<br \/>\nthe state on May 29.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of the All Progressives Congress has been officially declared the winner of Saturday\u2019s governorship election in Kwara State. 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