The former Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN), Dr Dikko Umaru Radda, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial ticket in Katsina State.
Radda beat seven other aspirants, including the immediate former Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting PLC Abbas Masanawa in the party’s primary election in Katsina on Friday.
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The Chairman of the electoral committee, Kaka Shehu, said Radda scored 506 votes to emerge winner, while the immediate past Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Dr Mustapha Inuwa scored 442 votes.
Masanawa got 436 votes, Ahmed Dangiwa scored 220, Alhaji Faruq Jobe 71, deputy governor Alhaji Mannir Yakubu 65, Sen. Sadiq Yar’Adua 32, Umar Tata 8, and Abdulkarim Dauda 7.
“We have 1,805 voters and were all accredited, out of which four votes were recorded as invalid.” Shehu said.
In his response, Radda commended the electoral officials for conducting a free, fair and transparent primary election.
He also commended Gov. Aminu Masari for not interfering with the process.
Radda called on the other aspirants to join in building the party to ensure its success in the general elections.
“I wish to appeal to you all to support me in building the party and also ensure its success, because I alone cannot succeed in that,” the governorship candidate said.
In a related development, Alhaji Lado Danmarke has also won the gubernatorial ticket under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. (NAN)
