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Jaji Secures Victory In Zamfara APC House Of Reps Primary Election
Jaji Secures Victory In Zamfara APC House Of Reps Primary Election
According to the results announced, Jaji’s closest challenger, Hassan Umar Dangaladima, scored 713 votes, while the third aspirant, Musa Zubairu, failed to secure any votes.
The re-run election followed a suit instituted by Dangaladima at the Federal High Court in Abuja, which nullified Jaji’s earlier nomination and ordered the APC to conduct a fresh primary within two weeks.
November 11, () – Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) fresh primary election for Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency in Zamfara State, polling 26,646 votes to defeat two other aspirants.
Jaji, the incumbent member representing the constituency in the House of Representatives, secured a landslide victory in the re-run primary conducted on Thursday.
The Chairman of the APC Electoral Committee for the exercise, Hon. Kabiru Idris, announced the results at the collation centre in Kaura Namoda, declaring Jaji the winner after satisfying the requirements of the party’s constitution and electoral guidelines.
According to the results announced, Jaji’s closest challenger, Hassan Umar Dangaladima, scored 713 votes, while the third aspirant, Musa Zubairu, failed to secure any votes.
Idris disclosed that the constituency had 42,266 registered APC members, out of which 27,389 were accredited to participate in the exercise. A total of 27,359 votes were cast.
A breakdown of the results showed that Jaji polled 14,264 votes in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area, while Dangaladima secured 465 votes. Zubairu scored zero.
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In Birnin Magaji Local Government Area, Jaji garnered 12,382 votes against Dangaladima’s 248 votes, while Zubairu again failed to record any votes.
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Declaring the results, Idris said Jaji had fulfilled the requirements of the law and the APC constitution and guidelines to emerge as the winner of the fresh primary election.
The re-run election followed a suit instituted by Dangaladima at the Federal High Court in Abuja, which nullified Jaji’s earlier nomination and ordered the APC to conduct a fresh primary within two weeks.
The party’s national leadership subsequently complied with the court order and scheduled the re-run election for November 11, 2026.
Jaji is associated with the political camp of Mohammed Bello Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence.
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