Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has lost Saturday’s chairmanship and councillorship elections in his polling unit to the main opposition, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
El-Rufai had earlier voted at his Polling Unit 001 Ungwar Sarki, Kaduna North local government area of the state.
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According to the result as announced by Muhammad Sani, Presiding Officer of the Unit, El-Rufai’s All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 62 votes in the chairmanship election, while Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 86 votes out of the 159 votes cast.
In the Councillorship election, APC also polled 53 votes, while PDP polled 100 votes out of 162 total votes cast.