Zamfara North: Kaura secures APC ticket

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Zamfara State, Yahaya Tijjani Kaura, has secured the party's summons for Zamfara North up of the National Assembly predetermination scheduled to clasp simultaneously with the statesmanlike predetermination adjacent January.

In a superior predetermination held precocious successful Gusau, Yahaya Tijjani Kaura polled 16,758 votes to decision his main rival, Sahabi Yari Alhaji, who scored 1,465 votes. Another aspirant, Abdullahi Shinkafi, secured 1,447 votes.

The improvement follows a caller superior predetermination conducted aft the Court of Appeal sitting successful Sokoto past period nullified the APC superior predetermination for Zamfara North Senatorial District implicit gross non-compliance with the party's guidelines and the Electoral Act.

Justice Tunde Oyebamiji Awotoye, who delivered the judgment, upheld the earlier determination of the Federal High Court successful Gusau, which had nullified the superior predetermination successful August 2026.

The tribunal further held that the respondent, Hon. Abdullahi Shinkafi, had proved his lawsuit beyond tenable doubt. It besides expressed beardown reservations astir however a senatorial territory with 26,000 registered enactment members could instrumentality 70,000 votes for an aspirant.

Alhaji Sani Abdullahi, the Returning Officer of the APC Senatorial Primary Election Committee, who declared Kaura the victor and certified the results, noted that Kaura had satisfied the requirements of the APC Constitution and Guideli...