ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
Two serving Senators in Bauchi State have failed in their bid to return to the Senate as they lost out in the senatorial primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The affected lawmakers are Senators Adamu Bulkachuwa and Senator Lawal Yahaya Gumau representing North and South Senatorial Districts respectively.
Sen. Bulkachuwa, the incumbent lawmaker representing Bauchi North District, failed woefully in the primary election as he had no vote.
Siraj Ibrahim Tanko, who was declared winner polled a total of 189 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ibrahim Baba Imba who got 177 votes.
Similarly, Gumau representing Bauchi South failed to get the ticket to contest the 2023 Senate election after losing out in the race to an upcoming politician in the area, Alhaji Shehu Buba Umar.
Results of the APC senatorial primary showed that Umar polled a total of 188 votes to beat Gumau, who got 182 votes in the election concluded in Bauchi in the early hours of Monday.
Other contestants in the primary election were Yusuf Ladan, who polled a total of four votes, while Barrister Ibrahim Zailani and the only woman in the race, Dr Safiya Iliyasu, had zero votes.
The Returning Officer in charge of APC Bauchi South Senatorial primary election, Okechuku Nnuzor, declared Buba, as the candidate of party.
He said that Buba scored the highest votes cast to defeat his four other opponents, noting that a total of 375 delegates were accredited while 374 votes were cast during election.
Mr. Nnuzor described the election as peaceful, adding that delegates and aspirants conducted themselves in an orderly manner.
Reacting to his election victory, Alhaji Umar, who addressed journalists shortly after he was declared the winner, thanked the Almighty Allah for giving him the opportunity.
He also thanked the delegates, as well as the party leadership and supporters for giving him and the APC all the support while urging the other aspirants to support him to succeed in the forthcoming polls.
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