Alhaji Muhammad Abacha, son of former military leader, Sani Abacha has been elected as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Kano state.
Report says Abacha polled 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes in the primary election on Wednesday, May 25, in Kano state.
The two contestants were the only aspirants that turned out for the primary out of seven contestants that were cleared by the party.
Declaring the result of the primary in the early hours of Thursday, the returning officer, and member of the PDP election supervising committee, Hajiya Amina Garba, said Abacha emerged the winner, having clinched the highest votes count.
Chairman of the electoral committee, Alhaji Mohammed Jamu, said the primaries were legally conducted with validly-elected delegates.
Alhaji Jamu added that the poll was supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) police and State Security Service (SSS) operatives.
Meanwhile, a parallel primary organised under the leadership of former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali is still in progress as of the time of filing the report.
At the parallel primary holding at Sani Abacha Youth Centre, Panshekara, seven aspirants are participating, including Sadiq Wali, son of Ambassador Aminu Wali; former chairman, Kano state Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin-Gado, Ganduje former Commissioner for Works, Engr. Muazu Magaji.
Others are Alh. Ibrahim Little; Kwankwaso’s former Commissioner for budget, Yusuf Dambatta; Kwankwaso’s former commissioner for water resources Dr Yunusa Dangoni, and Yusuf Bello.
NET/Olaolu Fawole
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