Abacha’s Son, Muhammad, Emerges As Kano PDP Governorship Candidate

Muhammad Abacha, son of former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, has won the Peoples Democratic Party Governorship ticket in Kano State.

Mr Abacha polled 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes in the primary election on Wednesday.

Announcing the results, the returning officer, Amina Garba, declared Mr Abacha as the winner of the primary.

The chairman of the electoral committee, Mohammed Jamu, said the primary was legally conducted with validly-elected delegates and supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, police and the State Security Service.