APC Panel Primary results for Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency are inconclusive

The All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the by-election into the Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency has come to a halt.

After the procedures, the 7-member electoral panel informed reporters that two of the contestants, Abbey Aku and Suleiman Yahaya Kwande, had received the same number of votes.

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Habu Ajiya, the chairman of the election panel, said votes had been cast for four candidates: Suleiman Yahaya Kwande, Abbey Aku, Lumumba Dah Adeh, and Aliyu Adamu.

“The primaries have come to a halt because the top two candidates have the same score. Hon Abbey Aku and Hon Suleiman Yahaya Kwande are their names. They each received 344 votes.

“The panel is unable to proclaim a winner or make a decision in this case.” In such a stalemate, we must return to the party’s national secretariat; only the party has the power to make a decision,” he said.

The situation, on the other hand, caused discontent among party members and delegates, with both Aku and Kwande expressing unhappiness with the election results. Each claimed to have come out on top in the poll.

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The by-election is being held to fill the vacant seat of Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, which has been vacant since Haruna Maitala’s death last year.

According to our source, the election, which took place at the Lamonde Hotel on Appollo Crescent in Jos, was marred by uncertainty.
The election process, which began at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, ended at 2 p.m. yesterday with the announcement of the results.