Former Kaduna State Governor, Ramalan Mukhtar Yero, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress candidate for Kaduna North Senatorial District after winning the party’s primary election.
Yero secured 6,060 votes to defeat Muazu Mukaddas, who polled 1,044 votes, while Engineer Bala Ikara finished with 362 votes.
The victory officially hands the former governor the APC ticket ahead of the forthcoming general election.
In Kaduna South Senatorial District, incumbent senator Sunday Marshall Katung also won the party’s senatorial primary to secure a return ticket.
Katung defeated former Senator Danjuma Tella Laah and Michael Ayuba Auta in the exercise conducted across the eight local government areas within the district.
Announcing the results at the collation centre in Jema’a Local Government Area, the Returning Officer, Prof. John Laah of the Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, described the primary election as peaceful, transparent and credible.
According to the final figures, Katung polled 7,453 votes to defeat Danjuma Laah, who secured 1,370 votes, while Michael Auta recorded 878 votes.
Reacting to the outcome of the exercise, Chairman of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area, Joseph Bege Gaiya, said the results reflected the true wishes of party members at the grassroots level.
He noted that the conduct of the primaries demonstrated the APC’s commitment to internal democracy and fairness within the party.
Gaiya also appealed to aggrieved aspirants and their supporters to embrace reconciliation and work together to strengthen party unity ahead of the general election.
