2 CPC Senators, 8 Reps lose seats
Two senators and eight members of the House of Representatives from Katsina State who won elections on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) yesterday lost bids to retain their seats when a tribunal nullified their victories. The tribunal, which ordered repeat elections in the affected constituencies, said the 10 lawmakers were not validly nominated candidates of their party because the Court of Appeal had nullified the primaries that gave them tickets to stand in the polls. It was ruling in a case filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which holds the governorship in Katsina State. The senators affected by the judgement are Abdu Umar Yan-Doma and Ahmed Sani Stores of Katsina North and Katsina Central districts respectively. In the House of Representatives, the members affected are Abdu Dankama (Jibia/Kaita), Murtala Isa (Faskari/Sabuwa/Kankara), Mukhtari Dan-Dutse (Funtua/Dan-Dume), Musa Salisu (Kankia/Kusada/Ingawa), Aminu Ashiru (Mani/Bindawa), Umar Adamu