The African Democratic Congress (ADC) came third with 10 votes, while the Labour Party (LP) recorded 9 votes at the unit.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken the lead in the ongoing by-election for Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, with results trickling in from polling units.
At the Narayi/Shagari Road Polling Unit, located in Narayi Ward of Chikun Local Government Area, the APC polled 61 votes, securing a comfortable lead over its closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which garnered 26 votes.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) came third with 10 votes, while the Labour Party (LP) recorded 9 votes at the unit.
The bye-elections, caused by the resignation or death of serving lawmakers, is taking place in two senatorial districts in Anambra and Edo States; five federal constituencies in Edo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Ogun, and Oyo States; and nine state constituencies spread across Adamawa, Anambra, Kaduna (2), Kano, Kogi, Niger, Taraba, and Zamfara States.
Recall that security operatives arrested a suspected vote buyer with cash totalling N25,963,000 in Kaduna metropolis, barely hours before the conduct of the bye-elections in parts of the state.
The suspect, identified as Shehu Aliyu Patangi, was apprehended around 3:30am on Saturday by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with the Department of State Services, DSS, at a popular hotel along Turunku Road.
The Kaduna State Police Command said a preliminary investigation revealed that the huge cash was meant for inducing voters to compromise the electoral process.
The spokesman of the Command, DSP Mansir Hassan, said the suspect had already confessed to the crime during interrogation and pleaded for leniency