From Maduabuchi Nmeribeh, Kano
Mohammed Abacha, son of the late Military Head of State, Sani Abacha, has emerged the governership candidate of a factional Peoples Demcratic Party (PDP) in Kano.
The AUTHORITY reports that PDP in Kano has been appalled with legal tussle.
However, a top legal luminary told our Correspondent that the Abacha faction may have the day.
The returning officer, Barrister Amina Garba, declared Abacha winner after polling 736 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jafar Sani-Bello, who scored 710 votes.
The chairman tof he Electoral Committee, Mohammed Jamu, said their primaries was legally conducted with validly-elected delegates and supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, police and State Security Service operatives.
The election was supervised by six INEC officials, including the Deputy Director in charge of Election and Party Monitoring at INEC headquarters, Hauwa Hassan; state Admin Secretary, Garba Lawal; Head of Legal Department, Suleiman Alkali; Head of Electoral Operations, Sule Yaro; Head of ICT/Voter Registration, Ocheka Edwin and; Head of Finance and Admin, Hassan Dalhatu.
While the primaries that produced Mohammed Abacha was conducted at the state party headquarters located at Lugard Avenue, Kano, another parallel primaries iwas ongoing at the Sani Abacha Youth Center, also in the state capital.
Those who contested at the parallel primaries include Yunusa Dangwani, Yusuf Dambatta, Muaz Magaji, Ibrahim Ali-Amin, Sadiq Wali and Mustapha Getso.
