The 70-year-old party chairman was reportedly
hospitalised following the incident
By Abubakar Ahmadu Maishanu

The All Progressive Congress (APC) chairman in
Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa State,
Yakubu Ibrahim, was on Monday beaten up by
aggrieved members of his party.

The development followed an announcement by
Governor Muhammad Badaru of the names of
party’s candidates for the local council elections in
the state scheduled for June 26.

According to a statement by the governor’s
spokesperson, Auwal Sankara, Bala Chamo was
picked as the chairmanship candidate of the party
for Dutse Local Government Area.

But some members said Mr Chamo’s choice was
against the preference of the majority of party
members in the council area.

The angry members invaded the party secretariat
during a meeting, dragged out the APC chairperson
and tore his clothes.

The 70-year-old Mr Ibrahim was reportedly
hospitalised following the incident.

The police commissioner in the state, Usman
Gomna, told reporters that two persons had been
arrested over the incident and debunked
speculations that the official was kidnapped by
gunmen.

The police chief said the incident was just an intra-
party crisis.

Jigawa LG elections

The Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission (JISIEC) has fixed the local government elections
for June 26.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Dutse, on Sunday, the JISIEC Chairman,
Adamu Ibrahim, said the commission would
organise free and fair elections in the 27 council
areas.

“We have 287 wards in the 27 Local Government
Areas of Jigawa State and we have 3,527 polling
units,” Mr Ibrahim said, explaining that the
commission also had 11,357 ad-hoc staff that
would be involved in the elections.

“As of now, we have 18 political parties that have
indicated interest to participate in the elections and
I know others are coming. The main parties are All
Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), and some others,” Mr Ibrahim said.

The chairman also said the sale of nomination
forms for the office of the chairpersons and
councillors would commence from Monday, May
24, and screening of the candidates would follow
later.

NAN reported that the commission had fixed
N500,000 as nomination fees for the office of
chairman and N250,000 for the office of councillor.


Governor Muhammad Badaru [PHOTO CREDIT: @SankaraJgh]

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