Adamu Abubakar, brother of former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, has emerged as the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives primary election for Chanchaga Federal Constituency in Niger State.
The Returning Officer, AbdulMumin Attahiru, announced that Abubakar secured 30,650 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nmaa Ahmed, who polled 1,271 votes.
Attahiru added that another aspirant, Shuaibu Mairago, garnered 311 votes in the primary election conducted across the 11 wards of the constituency.
He subsequently declared Abubakar the winner of the exercise and returned him as the APC candidate for the 2026 House of Representatives election.
Similarly, in Lapai Federal Constituency, the Returning Officer, Ibrahim Usman, announced that Abdullahi Mahmud won the APC primary election with 8,559 votes.
Usman said Sadiqu Mustapha scored 395 votes, while Mahawiya Yusuf polled 247 votes in the election held across the 10 wards of the constituency.
Mahmud was thereafter declared winner and returned as the party’s candidate for the constituency.
In Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency, Prof. Yakubu Auna also emerged as the APC candidate after winning the party’s primary election.
NAN
