Khadija Ibrahim, minister of
state foreign affairs, has defeated Mohammed Ibrahim, her step-son, to clinch the
All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Damaturu/Gulani/Gujba/Tarmuwa, Yobe
federal constituency.
Abba Gambo, the returning officer
of the election which ran into the night announced on Wednesday that Khadijah
polled 1,295 votes to defeat Mohammed who scored only 15 votes.
According to NAN, Mohammed
contested the election in spite of pressures mounted on him to step down for
his father’s wife.
Two other contenders, including
the lawmaker currently representing the constituency, Abdullahi Kukuwa, stepped
down for the minister.
The minister commended Abdullahi
for withdrawing from the race to support her win the election.
Bukar Ibrahim, her husband who is
a serving senator, had also withdrawn from the race to pave way for the
emergence of Ibrahim Gaidam, the incumbent governor.
Ibrahim did not attend any of the
party primary elections including the one contested by his wife and son.
Meanwhile, some delegates
criticised Khadija for running against her husband’s child in the election.
Mairo Shuaibu, a delegate from
Tarmuwa local government, told NAN that “the inability of the family to settle
their differences, for the son to step down for his step mother speaks of the
instability in the house.”
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