Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia's sister, Lariba Z. Abudu has defeated the Deputy Agric Minister who is also a member of parliament for Walewale constituency, Mr. Sagre Bambangi, in the Walewale NPP primaries for the Walewale constituency.

After the votes, Lariba pulled 275 votes while Sagre Bambangi obtained 96 votes.

Other aspirants namely Zakaria Yidana, Seth Boyoyo, Ishak Ibrahim, and Alutia Suzana obtained 23, 43, 24 and 161 votes respectively.

She has become one of the few women to win a parliamentary primaries for the NPP.

The Deputy Executive Officer of the Northern Development Authority (NDA) thanked all delegates for believing in her as she assumed office and charge her to work tirelessly to retain the NPP seat in the constituency.

She however pledged to work in hand with the other candidates to ensure victory for the New Patriotic Party in the upcoming elections.

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Source: opera.com