El-Rufai's son on his way to National Assembly after being elected as House of Reps member

GOVERNOR Nasir El-Rufai's son Bello has just been returned as the lawmaker representing the Kaduna North Federal Constituency in Kaduna State in a victory that sends him to the House of Representatives with 51,052 votes.

Bello El-Rufai who like his father stood as an All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, beat the incumbent member representing the area, Hon Suleiman Abdu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 34,808 votes. Aliyu Mohammed Ahmad of the New Nigeria Peoples Party came third with 10,148 votes, while Shehu Mohammed Faisal of Labour Party came fourth with 7,531votes.

Professor Mohammed Magaji Garba, the returning officer for the elections, announced the results at the Magajin Gari Collation Centre in Kaduna. An academic from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Professor Garba declared Bello El-Rufai the winner of the election having defeated his closest contender.

“El-Rufai Mohammed Bello having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared winner and returned elected, " Professor Garba declared.  He added that out of the 369,428 registered voters in the constituency, 110,269 were accredited for the election, while 106,073 valid votes were cast.