the Peoples Democratic Party Candidate.
He defeated his rivals by scoring a total of 624 votes while his
closest rival former Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education
Dr. Ahmed Modibbo scored 197 votes.
The primaries which started on Saturday afternoon lasted throughout
the night and was concluded around 4:00am on Sunday.
Former military administrator of Lagos and Borno states, Gen. Buba
Marwa, who was the second runner up in the contest, scored a distant
54 votes, Dr. Umar Ardo scored 9 votes and Jerry Kumdisi scored 4
votes while 25 votes were invalidated.
During his victory speech, the acting Governor thanked the delegates
for voting him while he urged his rivals in the contest to rally round
him for the party to emerge victorious in the October 11, 2014.
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