By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri

The primary election for one of the ten House of Representatives seats in Borno State – Hawul/Askira-Uba Federal Constituency, has been declared inconclusive.

The chairman of the party’s 7-man committee that supervised the election, held, Saturday, and returning officer, Prophet Jones Ode Erue, made the declaration in Maiduguri, Sunday, while announcing the outcome of the exercise to newsmen at the APC State Secretariat in Maiduguri.

“At the Askira-Uba/Hawul Federal Constituency, complaints were received from one of the aspirants, Comrade Audu Garba Zali,” Erue said, stating,” Therefore, our Committee
shall wait for the report of the Appeals Committee before results are announced.”

He remarked: “The Askira-Uba/Hawul primary election is, therefore, inconclusive.”

He declared the House Representatives primary election across across the 312 wards of the 27 local government areas of the state as “Peaceful and Orderly.”

He said candidates for primary election emerged predominantly through
affirmation and unanimous consensus arrangements freely and amicably adopted by stakeholders and party delegates without rancour, dispute, protest, or objection, including instances involving single unopposed candidates.

Four of the nine announced candidates – incumbents Engr Bukar Talba and Mukhtar Betara Aliyu, of Marte/Monguno/Nganzai and Biu/Bayo/Kwaya/Shani Federal Constituencies respectively, emerged unopposed.

Four emerged as consensus candidates – incumbents Usman Zanna, Ahmed Usman Jaha and Engr Satomi Ahmed, as well as Dr. Kaumi Umara Zulum, of Magumeri/Kaga/Gubio; Gwoza/Chibok/Damboa; Jere; and Dikwa, Konduga/Mafa Federal Constituencies.

Direct primaries were conducted in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council Federal Constituency where the incumbent Abdulkadir Rahis won; and Bama/Ngala/Kala-Balge, where Mustapha Abdullahi emerged winner.

The briefing was attended by the Deputy National Chairman (North), Hon Ali Bukar Dalori, the State APC Chairman, Hon. Bello Ayuba, members of Electoral Committee among other party bigwigs.