By Muhammad Abacha, son of late military dictator, Sani Abacha, has won the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State.
According to NAN, he polled 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes in the primary election conducted on Wednesday.
The returning officer, Amina Garba, who announced the results, declared Abacha as the winner of having scored the highest number of votes.
However, a parallel primary is being organised by a faction of the Kano PDP led by a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali.
Guardian newspapers reported that the election is ongoing at the Sani Abacha Youth Centre, Panshekara, Kano State, with about seven aspirants partaking in the exercise, including Wali’s son, Sadiq.
