The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dauda Lawal, has won the Zamfara state election ahead of the incumbent governor, Bello Matawalle.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Lawal the governor-elect with a total of 377,726 votes, after he defeated Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 311,976.
He was announced as the winner in Gusau, the state capital in the early hours of Tuesday.