Politics

Yobe, Plateau APC speakers lose assembly elections to PDP candidates

Speakers of Yobe and Plateau state houses of assembly will not be returning to the legislative houses.

Speaker Ahmed Mirwa Lawan of the Yobe House of Assembly and his counterpart in Plateau, Yakubu Sanda, lost the assembly elections conducted on Saturday.

The two speakers, who are both of the All Progressives Congress, lost their seats to candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party.

In Yobe, Mirwa Lawan lost his seat to Lawan Musa, a 35-year-old candidate of the PDP for the Nguru II Constituency.

Returning Officer of the election, Dr Habib Muhammad, who announced the results on Sunday, said Musa scored 6,648 votes to defeat the Yobe Speaker who got 6,466 votes.

In Plateau State, Yakubu Sanda (APC) was defeated by Mrs Happiness Matthew Akawu (PDP) for the Pengana State Constituency seat.

The PDP candidate scored 9,926 votes to defeat the Speaker who polled 7,936 votes. While the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) scored 6,721 votes, the Labour Party got 1,028 votes.

Trends Admin

Recent Posts

PH refinery to blend 1.4-million litre petrol daily – NNPC

PH refinery to blend 1.4-million litre petrol daily - NNPC   Rehabilitated old Port Harcourt…

5 minutes ago

Relief as Israel agrees to ceasefire with Lebanon

Relief as Israel agrees to ceasefire with Lebanon    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has…

36 minutes ago

US University opens 2025 scholarships for international students

US University opens 2025 scholarships for international students Montana Technological University (Montana Tech) has opened…

15 hours ago

200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS

200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS The Chief of Defence…

15 hours ago

Canadian university offers funded national scholarship program for 2025

Canadian university offers funded national scholarship program for 2025 Western University has announced that applications…

15 hours ago

Israeli strikes pound central Beirut, suburbs

Israeli strikes pound central Beirut, suburbs BEIRUT: Israeli strikes pounded a densely-populated part of the Lebanese…

15 hours ago