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Ex-Vice President’s Son Demands Refund From Delegates After Losing PDP Ticket

  • The delegates were said to have raked in millions of naira from the aspirants who seemed determined to outspend one another

  • Samaila Suleiman, the incumbent representative of the constituency carried the day as he defeated Namadi and Shehu Usman ABG

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that after securing only two votes at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries in Kaduna North Federal Constituency of the House of Representatives, Adam Namadi, son of former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, has reportedly asked delegates to refund the ₦2 million each he doled out before the election.

Namadi, who had promised to add ₦1.5 million to the amount given to each of the delegates, secured the least votes among the three contenders.

The delegates were said to have raked in millions of naira from the aspirants who seemed determined to outspend one another.

At the end, Samaila Suleiman, the incumbent representative of the constituency carried the day as he defeated Namadi and Shehu Usman ABG.

Suleiman, who recently decamped from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP, won with 22 votes against Shehu Usman ABG who polled 14 votes.

Daily Trust quoted delegates as saying that Suleiman had distributed between ₦3.5m and ₦4m to each delegate while ABG gave out ₦2.5m in cash and Namadi had distributed ₦2m to delegates.

However, having lost the contest, both ABG and Namadi demanded an immediate refund.

Suleiman, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Special Duties, left the APC following the interest of Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s eldest son in his seat at the green chamber.

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