By Mohammed Ahmed Kaigama
Senators Suleiman Gamawa and Isa Misau who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recently, have picked the partys senatorial tickets unopposed, Mr Wilson Iorshe, the Chairman of the election panel, has said.
Iorshe announced this in Bauchion Wednesday, saying Malam Garba Dahiru also scored 382 votes to fly the partys flag in Bauchi South Senatorial District, defeating former Director-General of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria(FRCN), Malam Ladan Salihu, who got 372 votes.
He also said Senators Gamawa and Misau would represent Bauchi North and Bauchi Central Senatorial Districts, respectively.
The panel, therefore, affirmed their nominations as the senatorial candidates of PDP in the next general election, he said
The chairmansaid the election was conducted in the three senatorial districts peacefully and that only 20 invalid votes were recorded during the exercise.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two serving senators Suleiman Gamawa and Isa Misau, defected from the APC to the PDP, recently.
Source: NAN