Daily Trust

Benue reps members, Bauchi dep speaker lose

- From Hope Abah Emmanuel (Makurdi) & Ahmed Mohammed (Bauchi)

Two House of Representa­tives members from Benue State have lost their bid to clinch PDP’s tickets in the primary elections of the party held on Sunday.

They are Francis Ottah Agbo who represents Ado/Okpokwu/ Ogbadibo and Pam Sokpo who represents Buruku.

While

Sokpo

was defeated by Terkaa Agba Terkaa, Agbo lost to a female lawyer, Aida Ogwuche, who polled 71 votes against Agbo’s 35.

Also, the Deputy Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Danlami Ahmed Kawule; a former Commission­er for Works and Transport, Ibrahim Abdulkadir; and a former Commission­er for Science and Technology, Maryam Garba Bagel, have lost their bids to get the party’s tickets for House of Representa­tives seats.

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