The Zamfara state governorship candidate for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the 2019 general election, Dr Bello Muhammad Mutawalle is set to become the governor of the state according to results declared by INEC in March this year. Read more:
How ever, the results declared by the INEC showed that the PDP’s Mutawalle is set to take over the mantle of leadership in the state as he came second behind APC’s Mukhtar Shehu Idris.The returning officer for the governorship election in the state Prof Kabiru Bala said Alhaji Mukhtar Shehu Idris got 534,541 while his opponent Dr Bello Muhammad Mutawalle of the PDP polled 189,452.
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