Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajuddeen, and Sadiq Ango Abdullahi, son of elder statesman Prof. Ango Abdullahi, were among candidates who emerged victorious as the All Progressives Congress, APC, concluded its House of Representatives primary elections in Kaduna State on Saturday.
Announcing the results at the party’s state secretariat, Chairman of the Primary Election Committee, Yakubu Hosseini, said the exercise complied with the APC constitution and guidelines
He declared Abbas Tajuddeen unopposed in the Zaria Federal Constituency after he polled 930 votes. Having satisfied the requirements of the APC Constitution and Guidelines and scored the highest number of votes, he is hereby returned elected as the party’s House of Representatives candidate,” Hosseini stated.
Other consensus candidates included Amos Gwamna Magaji for Zango Kataf/Jaba with 1,930 votes, and Mukhtar Zakarin Chiawai for Kauru with 1,750 votes.
In a keenly contested race, Samaila Abdul Suleiman took Kaduna North with 3,049 votes, defeating Abdulaziz Abubakar Kaka, who had 65, and Abubakar Mahmoud, who polled 96. Benjamin Gugong won Kaura Federal Constituency after securing 1,085 votes against Donatus Mathieu’s 255.
Felix Joseph Bagudu was declared the winner in Kachia with 1,580 votes, while Daniel Amos and Gabriel Salle emerged in Jema’a/Sanga and Kagarko/Kachia, respectively. Sadiq Ango Abdullahi also scaled through, scoring 920 votes in his constituency’s contest. Bashir Suleiman Juntu and Muhammad Jallo recorded 1,787 and 1,171 votes in their respective constituencies.
Kaduna State APC Chairman, Atiku Sanke, formally accepted the results and declared the exercise concluded. Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were present at the venue with collated results from across the constituencies.
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