Senator Adamu Aliero, a former governor, has won the Kebbi Central senatorial election, defeating the incumbent Atiku Bagudu.
Bagudu is the chairman of Progressives Governors Forum, PGF, the body of All Progressives Congress, APC, governors.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the results on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi, the capital.
Professor Abbas Bazata of the Federal University Birnin Kebbi said Aliero polled 126,588 votes against Bagudu’s 92,389 votes.