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).
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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