Meet Dr Zainab Gimba, the only woman who reportedly
won APC ticket in the whole of Borno State
Dr Hajiya Zainab Gimba, a former commissioner in Borno State,
has emerged victorious in the House of Representative’s primary
election of the APC.


The election was held on Thursday in the ElKanemi Warriors
Stadium, Maiduguri and she polled 76 votes to trounce her closest
rival, Nur Sherrif who got 50 votes.

Alhaji Abdulrazak scored five
votes while Baba Mala Kaigama and Sule Gambo scored zero
votes.


Alhaji Ahmed El-Marzuq, the chairman of the electoral committee
who presided over the exercise, did not announce the winner of
the election, noting that the election was inconclusive.


Reacting, Gimba, the leading contestant, said the election was
marred by irregularities, intimidation and disappointment, noting
that her life was under threat because she refused to withdraw for
a particular candidate.


She said that she and her supporters were beaten by policemen
who acted on orders from the government house.

“We started peacefully with four wards…suddenly we saw some
police officers sent from Government house to stop the election,"
she said.


“When the officer came, he told us that Governor Shettima said
they should come and stop the election. When our supporters
insisted that the election must hold they started beating all of us
and injuring some. In fact as I am talking to you, my leg is
swollen.


“I sent a message to the Borno Commissioner of Police and also
called him, but he told me that the officers sent were those from
the government house and were not acting under his order.


When I told him, he said there was nothing he could do. As you
can see my people are still here demanding for justice and
fairness. They are saying that they cannot allow their mandate to
be stolen by anybody.


“We therefore appeal to the APC National working committee and
President Muhammadu Buhari to defend democracy by ensuring that every aspirant gets justice. The APC must not fold its arms and watch aspirants’ rights violated. As you can see, they already announced that I am winning, but they are planning to rig the election in favour of my opponents”.



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