The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state.

The governor won the poll to serve a second term of another four years in office under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

INEC Returning Officer (RO) and Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Professor Issac Itodo, who announced the results, said Abdulraham polled 273,424 votes to defeat his closest rival of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shuaib Abdullahi., who polled 155,490 votes.

He won in all the 16 Local Government Area Councils.