In a fiercely contested election, Jagaba Adams Jagaba,
leader of the northern caucus in the House of Representatives and a close ally
of Speaker Aminu Waziru Tambuwal, has defeated Danjuma Akuso of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to claim a seat in the House of Representatives
representing the Kachia/Kagarko federal constituency. The Presidency had backed
Mr. Akuso heavily in the election, now claimed by Mr. Jagaba, a member of the
All Progressives Congress (APC). Jagaba Adams Jagaba
Mr. Jagaba, who chairs the House of Reps committee on
Drugs/Narcotics and Financial Crimes, last year defected to the APC from the
PDP after clashing with close associates of Vice President Namadi Sambo, who
also hails from Kaduna State.
Moses Mamman, the returning officer of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced that Mr. Jagaba polled 48876
votes while Mr. Akuso received 44148 votes.
An INEC source in Abuja told a correspondent of
SaharaReporters that several associates of Vice President Sambo, led by the
Director General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Governor
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, had made futile efforts to stop the electoral body from
announcing the victory of Mr. Jagaba.
The source added that INEC’s returning officer successfully
resisted pressures to falsify the results of the election.
Mr. Jagaba is the only APC member from Southern Kaduna zone
of Kaduna State.
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