DIKKO SWORN IN AS KATSINA STATE GOVERNOR
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Dikko Umar Radda has been sworn in as Katsina State Governor at the Muhammadu Dikko Township Stadium, Katsina on Monday.
Dikko, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress candidate in the March 18 gubernatorial election defeated his main challenger Senator Yakubu Lado Danmarke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Dikko and his deputy, Faruk Lawal Jobe, took the oath of office administered by the State’s Chief Judge, Danladi Abubakar between 10:40am – 10:45am before Aminu Bello Masari, his deputy, Muntari Lawal, among other dignitaries.
Immediately after taking the oath of office, the outgoing governor, Aminu Masari, handed over the symbol of authority to the incoming governor, Dr Dikko Radda, marking the end of Masari’s eight years reign as Katsina Governor.
Dikko, 52, was a former Director General of SMEDAN, one time Masari’s Chief of Staff, and Chairman of Charanchi Local Government Council.
In attendance at the swearing in were Katsina former Governor, Ibrahim Shema, Abba Musa Rimi, and the governor of Maradi, Niger Republic, Abubakar Shuaibu.
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