Lidani defeats Gombe serving Senator to get APC ticket in South
Joshua Lidani, a former deputy governor of Gombe State has defeated Bulus Amos, a serving senator to get the ticket of the All Progressives Congress for South senatorial district.
While Bulus Amos had 40 votes, Bilyaminu Babadidi polled 70, leaving Joshua Lidani with 90 votes.
Declaring the result after about one hour that the delegates completed voting process, Sabo Sani Returning Officer said Joshua won by pulling the highest votes.
“The total number of voters is 200, total accredited is 200, total void vote is nil, senator B.K Amos scored 40, Bilyaminu Babadidi had 70 and Senator Joshua Lidani scored 90, senator Lidani is declared winner of the election,” Sani, the returning officer said.
Our correspondent reports that INEC officials, aspirants and delegates were among those asked to leave the Billiri venue of the primary election. However, argument erupted after the announcement of results.
Lidani, was a former senator who represented the constituency in 2011 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party before his defection to the APC in 2018.
Also, Senator representing Gombe Central Danjuma Goje has been declared winner of the primary election.
Out of 105 accredited voters, Goje scored 100 votes, leaving Abubakar Mu’azu with three , and former Senator Umar Idris with two votes to secure his seat back to the red chamber.
The Gombe Central senator who arrived the state from from Abuja on Saturday, moved straight to the election venue, thereby dispelling insinuation that he may not pick the ticket.
Meanwhile, Senator representing Gombe North Ahmed Alkali, has been returned having scored the biggest votes.
Alkali polled 216 votes, Bello Bala scored 31 votes, while Haidar Aliyu Abubakar scored 10 votes. Our correspondent reports that three absentees, got accredited, but failed to vote.
