Winner of the Peoples Democratic Party
governorship primary election in Nasarawa State,
Alhaji Yusuf Agabi, has called on other aspirants
to rally round him, to win the general elections
next year.
Agabi defeated f ormer Information Minister,
Labaran Maku and seven others.
Agabi made the call in an interview with the
News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in
Nasarawa.
He said the victory at the primary was not for
him alone but for all members of the party,
adding that it would take the collective effort to
make the objective of reclaiming the state from
the All Progressives Congress in 2015 to be
actualised.
Agabi promised to tackle the security challenges
facing the state, if given the mandate in next
year’s general elections.
NAN reports that Senator Adolphus Wabara,
Chairman of the Electoral Committee, had
shortly after announcing the results, urged the
other aspirants to support the party’s candidate
in line with its commitment.
Wabara reminded the aspirants of the
undertaking signed to rally round the winner even
before the exercise began.
The results of the primary as announced by
Wabara stated that Yusuf Agabi polled 214 votes
to defeat former Information Minister Labaran
Maku and former Governor Aliyu Doma, who
polled 160 and 129 votes respectively.
Sen. Solomon Ewuga got 31 votes;
former
Deputy Gov. Michael Abdul, 28 votes;
Deputy
Gov. Dameshi Luka, 12 votes, while Yakubu Bala
and Chris Mamman polled 4 and one votes
respectively.
NAN also reports that eight aspirants contested
the governorship primary as one of them, Musa
Hussaini, had withdrawn from the contest
shortly before the exercise commenced.
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