Nigeria, Aug. 17 -- The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won the Ganye state constituency by-election held on Saturday in Adamawa State.

The election was closely fought, with Misa Musa of the APC scoring 15,923 votes to beat his opponent, Buba Muhammad of the PDP, who polled 15,794.

The results were announced by Tukur Ahmed, the returning officer for the election, on Saturday at the collection centre at the headquarters of Ganye Local Government.

According to the returning officer, the ADC got 42 votes, APGA 14 votes, AA two votes, and AAC 17 votes.

The election was held in 10 wards amidst a heavy security presence led by Tayo Adeleke, an assistant inspector-general of police.

Despite the tight security, the PDP alleged election ir...