Mustapha Sule Lamido, son of former Governor of Jigawa
State, Sule Lamido, has picked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, gubernatorial
ticket for the 2023 general election.
Announcing the result, chairman of the electoral committee
sent by the PDP National Headquarters, Bar. Isah Ahmed, said Mustapha polled
829 votes to defeat former Minister of Power, Hon. Saleh Shehu Hadejia, who
scored 0 votes.
He explained that a total of 832 votes were casted out of
which three are invalid.
Findings revealed that hours to the commencement of the
primaries, one of the three governorship aspirants, Bashir Adamu had withdrawn
from the race.
Adamu, a four-term member of the House of Representatives
from Kazaure/Roni/Gwiwa/Yankwashi and SDP gubernatorial candidate in the 2019
general election was the main opponent of Mustapha Sule Lamido.
Jumbo, in a letter he forwarded to the chairman of the
party, said his decision followed a wider consultation with his supporters and
to allow peace to prevail.
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