APC Primaries: Zamfara’s incumbent House of Reps members secure return tickets
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress’ National Assembly Primary Elections Committee for Zamfara, Bello Maigari, has declared all the seven serving House of Representatives members as the party’s standard-bearers for the 2027 elections.
Mr Maigari disclosed this while announcing the results in Gusau on Tuesday.
APC held the primaries under the supervision of the election committee from Abuja, the Independent National Electoral Commission, the media, security agencies, party stakeholders, and loyalists.
The winners are Abdulmalik Zubairu for Bungudu/Maru with 46,000 votes, Isah Muhammad for Anka/Talata Mafara who polled 35,139 votes, and Bello Hassan, who got 23,070 votes to represent Zurmi/Shinkafi.
Others according to him, are Kabiru Ahmadu (Maipalace) for Gusau/Tsafe, who scored 85,723 votes, Sulaiman Abubakar, who grabbed the Gummi/Bukkuyum ticket with 39,299 votes, Aminu Jaji of Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji, who polled 37,064 votes; and Muhammad Ahmad-Sani, who won Bakura/Maradun with 34,282 votes.
(NAN)
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