President Tinubu Wins Zamfara APC Primary As Gov Lawal Emerges Consensus Candidate

President Bola Ahmad Tinubu has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election in Zamfara State as Mr. Stanley scored 42 votes.

Governor Lawal as the presidential primary election state returning officer, officially announced the results and declared President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner.

Announcing the results, at the collation centre in Gusau, the chief returning officer of the election, said Tinubu scored 321,631 votes while his rival Stanley Osifor scored 42.

Governor Lawal said APC had 365,796 registered members in the state with 322,435 accredited out of which President Tinubu scored 321,631 to emerge as winner.

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The Chief returning Officer announced the results in the presence of party officials and representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Gusau the Zamfara State Capital.

He said the exercise was conducted across the 14 local government areas of Zamfara State.

According to the results presented, President Tinubu secured an overwhelming majority of the votes, polling a total of 321,579 votes, while his opponent, Stanley Osifu, garnered 42 votes.

Governor Lawal explained that, the total number of registered APC members in the state stood at 365,796, with 322,435 accredited voters participated in the exercise.

He added that 321,620 votes were cast during the primary election.

A breakdown of the results from various local government areas showed that President Tinubu recorded massive support across the state, defeating his opponent by a wide margin in all the councils.

Declaring the final outcome, Governor Lawal said, “Based on the results collated and presented, I hereby declare President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the APC presidential primary election in Zamfara State.”

He further stated that the results would be transmitted to the party’s national headquarters in Abuja for further necessary action.

The Governor commended party members and stakeholders for their peaceful conduct throughout the exercise and prayed for continued unity within the party.

In a related development, Governor Dauda Lawal emerged as the state party flag bearer and vowed to continuing and increasing development projects to enhance the living standards of the people of Zamfara State.

On Thursday, the governor emerged as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Zamfara state governorship for the 2027 general election.

A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, disclosed that the Chairman of the APC Governorship Primaries in Zamfara State, Alhaji Babagana Uba, declared that Governor Lawal was unanimously adopted as the APC candidate with 301,893 votes.

He added that the party’s affirmation was conducted across the 14 local government areas of Zamfara State and was witnessed by the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The statement read in parts, “The Zamfara State Governorship primary election committee declared Governor Dauda Lawal as the sole candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections.

“The State’s primary election committee received the collation officers’ adoption results from all 14 local government areas, which were duly signed by Malam Abubakar Mohammed Nakwada, the APC state collation chief, along with other members of the Zamfara State APC collation team.

“The chairman of the committee announced the affirmation and adoption results from various local government areas. Anka, 16,607; Bakura, 18,112; Birnin Magaji, 15,440; Bukkuyum, 11,4061; Bungudu, 24,4061; Gummi, 23,1024; Gusau, 61,4072; Kaura Namoda, 18,3015; Maradun, 15,6024; Maru, 17,3041; Shinkafi, 15,204; Talata Mafara, 22,884; Tsafe, 19,3054; and Zurmi, 22,506.”

In his remarks immediately after the committee’s declaration, Governor Lawal thanked the people of Zamfara for their trust and for the massive turnout of party loyalists across the state.

He assured that his administration is committed to various development projects across key sectors, including education, healthcare, infrastructure, and the economy.

He said, “Today will remain a historic day in the political history of our state because all the major stakeholders in the state have unanimously come together under one umbrella as a united force.

“As I was declared the consensus candidate of our great party, the APC, I want to thank all members of the party and the people of the state for their trust in my administration.

“These massive displays of support and love will encourage me to do more in our quest to rescue and rebuild Zamfara State.

“I want to thank the chairman of the primary election committee, its members, and other committees who made the party primaries a great success in Zamfara.”

المصدر: Daily Trust (NG)