Minister Of Defence Defeats PDP At Polling Unit As APC Wins Jigawa Reps By-Election
By Balarabe Alkassim, Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated the opposition Peoples Democratic party and others at the polling Unit of the immediate past Governor of Jigawa State and current Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar during the By-Election for Garki/Babura federal constiuency held yesterday.
This was contrary to the earlier result which reportedly shown that the APC lost Polling Unit 001 located in the same primary school which was wrongly tagged as the result of Polling Unit 002 where the minister voted.
Badaru voted at his Polling Unit 002 at Babura Kofar Arewa Primary School where the APC polled 188 votes while the PDP polled 164 votes.
Meanwhile, the APC candidate, Mukhtar Rabiu has been declared as the winner of the Garki/Babura Federal constituency bye-election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to INEC, he won the election by getting 38,449 votes to defeat his PDP rival Isah Auwalu Manzo who polled 13,519 while the NNPP Candidate, Sabo Salisu got 2,931 votes.
It could be recalled that, the seat became vacant after the member representing Babura/Garki Federal Constituency of Jigawa State in the 10th Assembly, late Hon. Isa Dogonyaro, passed away in May 2024 after a brief illness.