President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on new media, Bashir Ahmad has lost the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) ticket to contest the House of Representative seat for Gaya/Ajingi/Albasu Federal Constituency, Kano, Northern Nigeria.
Gatekeepers News reports that Ahmad was only able to secure 16 votes compared to the 109 votes the incumbent member, Abdullahi Gaya garnered at the election.
Ahmad earlier wrote on his Facebook page that he left the venue of the primary to protect his supporters who were being intimidated by thugs.
“As an aspirant, I left the venue of the primary election for Gaya, Ajingi and Albasu Federal Constituency, because of the security of our majority delegates, if want to compete with the best, thugs shouldn’t be part of any election,” Ahmad wrote.
Meanwhile, the son of the governor of Kano State Abdullahi Ganduje – Umar Ganduje has won the APC ticket to contest the seat of Dawakin Tofa/Tofa/Rimingado Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
Umar Ganduje emerged as the consensus candidate following the withdrawal of his opponent, Junaidu Yakubu, after a reconciliation meeting arranged by the senator representing Kano North, Barau Jibrin, and the House of Representatives member representing Bichi Federal Constituency, Abubakar Bichi, just before the primary election.
In a related development, the immediate past commissioner of rural and community development of the state, Musa Kwankwaso, won the ticket of the APC to contest Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam federal constituency.
Kwankwaso secured 150 votes to defeat his main opponent, Hama Aware, who polled just 6 votes during the primary election conducted at Islamic Centre, Kura Local Government Area.
Also, another former Commissioner of Education, Sunusi Kiru, also won the APC’s ticket for Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency.
