Lawal Gumau has won the ticket of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) for the Bauchi South senatorial district.

The returning officer and secretary of the senatorial primary election committee, Kabir Hassan, announced Mr Gumau’s victory at the end of the election held on Sunday night in Bauchi.

He said Mr Gumau polled 230 votes as against zero votes scored by his opponent, Shehu Abdullahi.

Mr Kabir disclosed that 231 delegates were accredited, 230 votes casted and one void vote.

Musa Maijama’a, one of the aspirants withdrew from the race a few hours to the election.

Mr Gumau had earlier contested the election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and lost to Shehu Umar who scored 188 votes as against his 182 votes.

After the APC primary, Mr Gumau, a serving senator, defected to the NNPP and joined its senatorial primary.

He became a senator via a by-election in 2018, after the death of Ali Wakili, and re-elected in 2019.

In his acceptance speech, Mr Gumau commended the party and delegates for the confidence reposed in him.

However, Mr Abdullahi, rejected the result and claimed he was not aware of the party’s primary.

“The party leadership gave me an automatic ticket and I’m the only candidate of the party for the Bauchi South senatorial district,” he alleged.

(NAN)