Senate Leader, Dr Yahaya Abdullahi, suffered a humiliating defeat in his bid for Kebbi governorship ticket on ghe platform of thd All Progressives Congress, APC.
At the primary election in Kebbi on Thursday l, the Senate Leader did not get a single vote.
He was completely overwhelmed by the National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Dr Nasiru Idris, who emerged the party’s governorship candidate.
Idris scored 1,055 votes out of the 1,090 votes cast to register an emphatic victory in thd primary election.
Alhaji Abubakar Gari-Malam came distant second having polled the remaining 35 votes.
The Returning Officer and Chairman, APC National Monitoring Committee, Alhaji Idris Yahuza, declared the results.
Tje governorship candidate, Idris, expressed joy at his victory and at the smooth conduct of the primary election and thanked his supporters and the entire APC family in Kebbi.
Idris was NUT Chairman from local government to state levels, and currently its national president.
He is also Deputy National Chairman of the NLC.
Notable Kebbi APC chieftains who witnessed the election were the state’s Gov. Atiku Bagudu, Sen. Adamu Aleiro, Sen. Bala Ibn-Na’Allah, Sen. Muhammadu Magoro, Sen. Yahaya Abdullahi, the Senate Leader; and Deputy Governor, Alhaji Samaila Yombe-Dabai.
Others included the Minister of Justice and Attorney- General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN; members of the House of Representatives and members of the state’s House of Assembly.
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