Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, return to office having secured the highest votes in the gubernatorial poll.

In the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), el-Rufai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won in 15 out of the 23 local government areas, while Isah Ashiru, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won 8 in eight LGAs.