The dream of the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bayero Nafada, to become the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Gombe State crashed on Friday as he was defeated to the ticket by a former state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya.
Yahaya polled 920 votes to defeat Nafada and another aspirant, Murtala Aliyu, to the governorship ticket of the party.
The APC governorship primary for Gombe State, which started around 2.20pm on Thursday, lasted till Friday under a peaceful atmosphere.
Journalists and security personnel also kept vigil at Gombe International Hotel, venue of the election.
The 1,700 delegates accredited for the election started casting their votes Thursday afternoon, an exercise that lasted till 1.30am on Friday.
Yahaya, a former Commissioner for Finance under the immediate past administration of Danjuma Goje, who polled 905 votes was declared winner, ahead of his closest rival, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nafada, who got 727 votes.
Chairman of the Primary Election Committee from the APC national headquarters in Abuja, Mohammed Ahmed, declared the winner.
“We have successfully concluded this exercise and Alhaji Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya scored a total of 905 votes. Usman Bayero Nafada got 727 votes and Murtala Aliyu scored 22 votes.
“In view of the total votes scored by Inuwa Yahaya, I hereby declare him winner and the candidate of the APC for the 2015 governorship election in Gombe State,” he said.
Yahaya polled 920 votes to defeat Nafada and another aspirant, Murtala Aliyu, to the governorship ticket of the party.
The APC governorship primary for Gombe State, which started around 2.20pm on Thursday, lasted till Friday under a peaceful atmosphere.
Journalists and security personnel also kept vigil at Gombe International Hotel, venue of the election.
The 1,700 delegates accredited for the election started casting their votes Thursday afternoon, an exercise that lasted till 1.30am on Friday.
Yahaya, a former Commissioner for Finance under the immediate past administration of Danjuma Goje, who polled 905 votes was declared winner, ahead of his closest rival, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nafada, who got 727 votes.
Chairman of the Primary Election Committee from the APC national headquarters in Abuja, Mohammed Ahmed, declared the winner.
“We have successfully concluded this exercise and Alhaji Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya scored a total of 905 votes. Usman Bayero Nafada got 727 votes and Murtala Aliyu scored 22 votes.
“In view of the total votes scored by Inuwa Yahaya, I hereby declare him winner and the candidate of the APC for the 2015 governorship election in Gombe State,” he said.
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