Kaduna train attack hostage wins seat for PDP
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Sadiq Ango-Abdullahi, one of the freed hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack, has been declared winner of the Sabon Gari Federal Constituency in Kaduna with 33,616 votes on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Returning Officer Hashim Suleiman of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria announced the result in Zaria.
He announced Ango-Abdullahi defeated a four-term House of Representatives member Garba-Datti Mohammed of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who got 31,737 votes, per Vanguard.
Sources said Sadiq is the son of Professor Ango Abdullahi and the late Aisha Alhassan, former Women Affairs Minister, fondly called “Mama Taraba”.
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