APC Primaries: Barau emerges Kano South senatorial candidate
Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, has been affirmed as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Kano North Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 general elections.
He emerged through affirmation, which took place at Bichi, the Bichi Local Government Area (LGA) headquarters on Monday.
In attendance were thousands of party members from the district’s 13 LGAs as well as officials from the APC national headquarters.
Also in attendance were representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
At exactly 14:20 hrs., the chairman of the APC Electoral Committee for the Kano North Senatorial Primary Election, Shehu Isa Direba, called on members to affirm Mr Barau’s candidature.
The crowd unanimously responded, “Yes.”
The chairman of the APC National Assembly Primary Elections Committee for Kano State, Hon. Musa Yahaya, similarly sought and received the endorsement of party members for Mr Barau’s candidature for the January 16 National Assembly election.
The leader of the INEC monitoring team, Abdulrahman Haruna, expressed satisfaction with the peaceful and orderly conduct of the exercise.
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State, represented by his deputy, Murtala Garo, commended the process and expressed confidence that Kano North would vote overwhelmingly for President Bola Tinubu, Mr Yusuf, Mr Barau, and other APC candidates in the 2027 general elections.
“We are happy. Kano North is for APC at all times.
“We are one family in APC. Insha Allah, before noon on election day, Sen. Barau will secure his seat, while President Tinubu and all our candidates will emerge victorious,” he said.
In his remarks, Mr Barau thanked party members for their support and pledged continued effective representation.
He also expressed appreciation to Mr Tinubu for his leadership of the APC and the nation, and commended Mr Yusuf for his efforts to reposition Kano State.
“Let us not waver in our support for Mr President. President Tinubu means well for northern Nigeria and is doing extremely well for us.
Let us come out en masse and vote for the APC at all levels,” he said.
(NAN)
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