A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdulmumin Jibrin, from Kano State, who campaigned and sponsored the nomination of Femi Gbajabiamila as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly, has lost his bid to return to the green chambers.
Jibrin, whose election was nullified by the Appeal Court, lost Saturday’s rerun election in Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency to Datti Yako of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who polled a total of 48,641 votes. Jibrin on the other hand scored 13,507 votes.
Despite his support for Gbajabiamila and his ranking while in the House, Jibrin reportedly did not get the chairmanship of any choice committee when the Speaker announced the membership of the over 100 standing committees.
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Recall that Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa also had a running battle with the leadership of the 8th House of Representatives under Speaker Yakubu Dogara. He was suspended for several months over his allegations about budget padding when he was the Chairman of the House Appropriation Committee.
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Alhassan Ado Doguwa of the APC elected in the Tudun Wada/Doguwa Federal Constituency rerun election with 66,667 votes. He defeated Yusha’u Abdullahi of the PDP who polled 6,323 votes.
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Doguwa was until the nullification of his election by the Appeal Court the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. Despite his removal, the position has not been filled which means he will be returning to the House to re-occupy the position as a principal officer.
Meanwhile, the APC also won the re-run election in Kumbotso Federal Constituency. Its candidate, Munnir Babba Danagundi, was declared winner with 32,144 votes to defeat Ibrahim Umar Ballah of the PDP who got 31, 258 votes.
