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APGA wins Niger bye-election
By Justina Asishana, Minna
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has won Saturday’s bye-election for Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency in Niger.
The APGA candidate, Salihu Salleh polled 22,965 votes as against the 22,507 votes polled by the PDP candidate, Emmanuel Alamu Endoza.
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The ADC candidate, Halilu Yussuf Al’s polled 316 votes; APC was disqualified from the election and did not participate.
The bye-election was marred with violence and ballot box snatching in polling units in Ibeto and Rijau towns.
The result sheet showed there were 169,000 registered voters in the Manama/Rijau Federal Constituency out of which only 46,499 voters cast their votes.
