sentences:  Shema won 1,027,912 votes, followed by Masari of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) with 555,769 votes.The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate came third with 19,990 votes.After the demise of late Yarad'ua, it became obvious that governor Shema was in amazing terms with all of the late president's relatives and this caused nothing within the then ruling party and people of the state.