30th May, 2022
By Ahmed Kaigama/Bauchi
Sen. Yahaya Gumau of the All Progressives Congress will not be returning to the Senate in 2023 after being edged out of the Bauchi South nomination race by Alhaji Shehu Buba Umar.
Buba Umar polled 188 votes to beat serving Gumau who polled 182 votes in the primary election that held in Bauchi in the early hours of Monday.
Others contestants were Mr Yusuf Ladan who polled four votes, Dr Safiya Iliyasu and Mr Ibrahim Zailani scored zero.
Mr Okechuku Nnuzor, the Returning Officer of the primary elections committee, said by the power vested in him, he has declared Buba as Bauchi South senatorial candidate of APC.
“Buba scored the highest votes cast to defeat his four other opponents.
“A total of 375 delegates were accredited while 374 votes were cast during election,” he said
Nnuzor described the election as peaceful, adding that delegates and aspirants conducted themselves in an orderly manner.
Addressing newsmen shortly after the election, Shehu Buba Umar thanked the almighty Allah for giving him the opportunity.
He also thanked the delegates, as well as the party leadership and supporters for giving him all the support.
He urged the other aspirants to support him to succeed in the forthcoming polls.
Gumau first became a Senator via a bye-election in 2018, after the death of Senator Ali Wakili.
In the election, he trounced the PDP opponent Ladan Salihu, by winning 119, 489 votes. Salihu of the Peoples Democratic Party received 50, 256 votes.
He was re-elected in 2019.