- Be magnanimous in victory, Gov Bello urges winner
A member House of Representatives, representing Chanchaga Federal Constituency of Niger State on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Rep Mohammed Umar Bago has won the governorship primaries of the party in the state.
Bago, a three times member of the House scored 540 votes to defeat newspaper publisher Alhaji Mohammed Idris Malagi who got 386 votes, while a former Minister of Sports, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Ndanusa came third with 84 votes.
Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Ketso had 17 votes while the remaining six aspirants had four, three, one and zero votes respectively.
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The Chief retiring officer, Bar. Nasiru Ibrahim, a former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Kebbi State, announced that about 1, 049 delegates were accredited to participate in the election which was held at the Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre, opposite the Government House, Minna.
The returning officer who doubled as the Chairman of APC’s governorship primaries in Niger State, while announcing the results, said “I, Bar. Nasiru Ibrahim as the chairman Electoral committee, declare Honourable Mohammed Bago as the winner of the elections.”
Meanwhile, Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has congratulated Umar Bago, for emerging as the state APC governorship candidate for the 2023 election at the just concluded primary election held in Minna.
Governor Sani Bello, in a congratulatory message, hailed the credible, free and fair as well as transparent manner the primary election was conducted. He assured Bago of his maximum support to ensure his victory at the general election so that the party will retain power in not just the state but in the country.
The governor also urged Bago to be magnanimous in victory by carrying along all those who contested with him for the overall good of the party in particular and state in general.
