APC Wins Lere Federal Constituency By-election

By John Shiklam

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state has won Saturday’s by-election for the Lere Federal Constituency.

Declaring the result in Saminaka, headquarters of Lere Local Government Area, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

Returning Officer, Prof. Adamu Wada, said Alhaji Ahmed Mannir of the APC scored 34, 958 votes to defeat his closest contender, Mr Ibrahim Usman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 16, 271 votes.

He said, Malam Salihi Abdulkarim of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) scored 295; Suleiman Lere of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) scored 226 votes while the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) which did not field any candidate got 125 votes.

The bye-election was conducted following the death of the member representing the constituency, Hon. Suleiman Lere (APC), who died in April.