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| Nuhu Ribadu |
The Pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu has clinched the tickets of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP in Adamawa state. Mr. Ribadu beat six other
contestants including the state governor, Bala Ngilari in an election
which held at the Old Parade ground, Abuja. The PDP's national Working
Committee, NWC, moved the election to Abuja after Mr. Ngilari was
accused by a panel sent to the state to conduct primary election for
state Assembly aspirants of holding them hostage. Monday's election
results which was announced by the chairman of the Election Panel, Rufai
Hanga, showed that Mr. Ribadu got 688 votes while, Mr. Ngilari got 26
votes. Other candidates, such as the son of former chairman of the PDP,
Bamanga Tukur, Awwal Tukur, got 24 votes and former executive secretary
of Universal Basic Education, Commission, UBEC, Ahmed Modibbo, got 30
and Retired General Aliyu Kama got 3 votes. Another candidate, Marcus
Gundiri, who ran for governor under the platform of the
defunct Action
Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in the 2011 election, Marcus Gundiri got 33
votes.
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