Senator Aishatu Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has made history today, as she defeated five male contestants to pick the party’s ticket to become the first female flag bearer of any political party in Adamawa.
This was announced at early hours of Friday by the chairman of the primaries committee, Alhaji Gambo Lawal of the primaries, he said total number of 1130 delegates were accredited and a total of 1011 votes were cast, while the invalid votes cast were 36.
He said, “Of the total number of valid votes cast, Senator Ashatu Dahiru Binani scored 430 and having scored the highest number of votes cast, she is hereby returned as the winner of the primary election.”
The serving senator representing Adamawa central defeated former EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu, who scored 288, former governor Bindow, who scored 103 and serving House of Representatives member, Namdas, with 94 votes; Wafari Therman and Umar Mustphar scored 21 and 39 respectively, to clinch the ticket.
