Reports reaching DAILY POST in Yobe State indicate that five of the six House of Representatives members running under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have secured their return tickets, with one losing the bid to contest for the Green Chamber seat in the primary elections conducted yesterday by the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the state.
It was widely reported that Hon. Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim, the House of Representatives member representing Damaturu–Gujba–Gulani–Tarmuwa Federal Constituency since 2007, has been replaced by Hon. Nasiru Hassan Yusuf as the party’s consensus candidate.
She is the widow of the late former governor of the state, Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim.
The other five House of Representatives members said to have emerged as the APC’s consensus candidates are: Hon. Engr. Muhammad Buba Jajere, Fika/Fune Federal Constituency; Hon. Fatima Talba, Potiskum/Nangere Federal Constituency; Hon. Lawan Shettima Ali, Gaidam/Yunusari/Bursari Federal Constituency; Hon. Zanna Zakariya, Yusufari/Nguru/Machina Federal Constituency; and Hon. Hassan Kaikaku Jakduwa, Bade/Jakusko Federal Constituency.
As of the time of filing this report, the APC in Yobe State had yet to officially release the names of the candidates who emerged through consensus.