A former member of the House of Representatives, Yahman Abdullahi, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara.

Mr Abdullahi, a three-time member of the Green Chamber, defeated two other aspirants to clinch the position.

The other aspirants were Ahman Pategi and Prof Issa Gana. The chairman of the electoral committee of the governorship primary, and the returning officer, Niyi Owolade, announced the result of the election at about 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday night.

Mr Owolade said Mr Abdullahi polled 518 out of the 574 votes cast, while Pategi recorded 31 votes and Gana 14.

According to him, 574 out of 591 delegates were accredited while 11 votes were voided.

The governorship candidate was a member representing the Pategi/Lafiagi/Moro Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.

Mr Abdullahi, a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019, defected to the PDP six weeks ago and collected the forms to contest the governorship ticket.

Mr Abdullahi, in his acceptance speech, thanked his co-contestants for accepting the outcome of the election.

He called for the cooperation of all members of the party so that PDP would become victorious in the 2023 general elections in the state.

Mr Abdullahi alleged that Kwara under the APC administration “has derailed from the track of progress and development.”

He called on the people of the state to vote for PDP to put Kwara back on track. 

(NAN)