The APC nominee Abubakar Sani Bello won the election, defeating Umar Nasko of the PDP.
[6][7][8][9][10] Umar Nasko was the PDP candidate with Mohammed Ndayako as his running mate.
[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] Abubakar Sani Bello won the primary election after he was returned as the sole candidate.
[106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114] Umar Nasko won the primary election polling 1,972 votes against 4 other candidates.
[115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127] A total number of 31 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.