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6 April 2015

Jigawa Deputy Governor set to dump the PDP for APC


DUTSE – Governor Sule Lamido’s political woes may have deepened following the plan by his deputy, Alhaji Ahmad Mahmud to dump him for the opposition All Progressives Congress Party.

Baring any last minute change, the deputy governor will be received along with some Lamido’s loyalists to the APC today , by chairman of the party, Alhaji Ado Sani Kiri, party’s gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar and other APC chieftains in the state at his Gumel ward.

Already, the Deputy Governor purported defection has triggered apprehension in the PDP camp as many of its supporters who spoke with Vanguard on condition of anonymity expressed surprise describing his action as “betrayal of trust.”

Ahmed Mahmud was a two-term deputy governor of Jigawa state who was elected with Sule Lamido on the platform of the PDP.

Other prominent politicians expected to join the APC are the two ex-Jigawa governors, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki and Ali Saad Birnin-Kudu, Ex-Senator Bello Maitama, some serving commissioners, special advisers and special assistants.

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the All Progressives Congress, APC  defeated the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to emerge the president-elect of Nigeria.
Buhari won Nigeria’s presidential election by 2.57 million votes, according to official results announced on Wednesday.


The 72-year-old won 15,424,921 votes or 53.95 percent of the 28,587,564 total valid votes cast.

His nearest rival, President Goodluck Jonathan, 57, won 12,853,162 (44.96 percent) at the election, which was held on Saturday and Sunday.

INEC chairman Attahiru Jega said: “Muhammadu Buhari, of the APC, having satisfied the requirement for the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”

Note: The Green colour represents states won by Buhari while the Grey represents states won by Jonathan. Place your cursor on each state to get the number of votes won by the candidates.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the All Progressives Congress, APC  defeated the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to emerge the president-elect of Nigeria.

Buhari won Nigeria’s presidential election by 2.57 million votes, according to official results announced on Wednesday.
The 72-year-old won 15,424,921 votes or 53.95 percent of the 28,587,564 total valid votes cast.

His nearest rival, President Goodluck Jonathan, 57, won 12,853,162 (44.96 percent) at the election, which was held on Saturday and Sunday.

INEC chairman Attahiru Jega said: “Muhammadu Buhari, of the APC, having satisfied the requirement for the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”

Note: The Green colour represents states won by Buhari while the Grey represents states won by Jonathan. Place your cursor on each state to get the number of votes won by the candidates.

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