Female minister defeats son to clinch APC Reps ticket in Yobe

NAN

Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Ibrahim, has defeated her step son, Mohammed Ibrahim, to clinch the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Damaturu/Gulani/Gujba/Tarmuwa, Yobe federal constituency.

Returning Officer of the election, which ran into the night, Prof Abba Gambo, announced, on Wednesday, that the minister polled 1,295 votes to defeat Mohammed who scored only 15 votes.

NAN gathered that in spite of pressures mounted on Mohammed to step down for his father’s wife, he refused.

NAN reports that two other contenders including the serving representative Alhaji Abdullahi Kukuwa and Alhaji Ahmed Buba stepped down for the minister.

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The minister commended Abdullahi and Ahmed for withdrawing from the race to support her win the election.

Senator Bukar Ibrahim who stepped down his re-election bid against Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, did not attend any of the party primary elections including the one contested by his wife and son.

Meanwhile, some delegates condemned the inability of Khadija Ibrahim to settle her differences with the step son at home, to avoid running against each other.

Mairo Shuaibu, a delegate from Tarmuwa local government told NAN that “the inability of the family to settle their differences, for the son to step down for his step mother speaks of the instability in the house.”