JUST IN: Jigawa APC replaces deceased senatorial candidate after new primary
Jigawa State's All Progressives Congress (APC) held a new primary election on Wednesday to replace its late senatorial candidate, Tijjani Ibrahim.
Mr. Ibrahim died on August 13, three months after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him the winner of the APC primary elections for Jigawa Southwest District.
The politician garnered 361 votes. He was the only candidate in the election.
Sabo Muhammed, the incumbent senator from the district, became the new party candidate for the district in the elections held at Triangle Aminu Kano in Dutse.
Head of the election committee, Shehu Umar, while declaring Mr Muhammad the winner of the election, said he was elected unanimously after securing all 375 votes cast in the election. election.
Senator Sabo MuhammadMr. Muhammad thanked delegates, party leaders and state governor Muhammad Badaru for their support.
“I hope and pray that we win the next election,” he said. "My promise to you (members of his constituents) is that I will not let you down."
The candidate, Sabo MuhammadMr. Muhammed was one of those charged by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) with multi-million fraud including converting public assets for personal gain in a project scam constituency and grabbing a contract for the supply of hydraulic platforms. to his constituency.
The ICPC said the senator awarded the contracts for the construction of hand pump boreholes and the supply of water pumps, motorcycles and two Toyota Hilux trucks in Jigawa Southwest Senatorial District to Schramm Global Services Ltd, a company owned and operated by two of his siblings.
The two trucks, the ICPC report adds, "purchased as constituency projects since 2016" would later be discovered and recovered from the contractor "who is also a younger brother of the sponsor".
p>The southwestern district of Jigawa consists of seven local government areas: Dutse, Buji, Birnin Kudu, Gwaram, Kiyawa, Jahun, and Miga. It has 75 political constituencies.
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Jigawa State's All Progressives Congress (APC) held a new primary election on Wednesday to replace its late senatorial candidate, Tijjani Ibrahim.
Mr. Ibrahim died on August 13, three months after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him the winner of the APC primary elections for Jigawa Southwest District.
The politician garnered 361 votes. He was the only candidate in the election.
Sabo Muhammed, the incumbent senator from the district, became the new party candidate for the district in the elections held at Triangle Aminu Kano in Dutse.
Head of the election committee, Shehu Umar, while declaring Mr Muhammad the winner of the election, said he was elected unanimously after securing all 375 votes cast in the election. election.
Senator Sabo MuhammadMr. Muhammad thanked delegates, party leaders and state governor Muhammad Badaru for their support.
“I hope and pray that we win the next election,” he said. "My promise to you (members of his constituents) is that I will not let you down."
The candidate, Sabo MuhammadMr. Muhammed was one of those charged by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) with multi-million fraud including converting public assets for personal gain in a project scam constituency and grabbing a contract for the supply of hydraulic platforms. to his constituency.
The ICPC said the senator awarded the contracts for the construction of hand pump boreholes and the supply of water pumps, motorcycles and two Toyota Hilux trucks in Jigawa Southwest Senatorial District to Schramm Global Services Ltd, a company owned and operated by two of his siblings.
The two trucks, the ICPC report adds, "purchased as constituency projects since 2016" would later be discovered and recovered from the contractor "who is also a younger brother of the sponsor".
p>The southwestern district of Jigawa consists of seven local government areas: Dutse, Buji, Birnin Kudu, Gwaram, Kiyawa, Jahun, and Miga. It has 75 political constituencies.
Support the integrity and credibility journalism of PREMIUM TIMES Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can guarantee the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy and a transparent government. For free and continued access to the best investigative journalism in the country, we ask that you consider providing modest support to this noble endeavour. By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you help sustain relevant journalism and keep it free and accessible to everyone.
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