Yusuf Buhari, son of late former President Muhammadu Buhari, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Daura/Sandamu/Mai’adua Federal Constituency of Katsina State.
The result was announced on Saturday in Daura by Lawal Garba, chairman of the constituency’s APC primary election committee.
Mr Garba said Mr Buhari polled 17,342 votes to defeat Auwalu Daura, who scored 480 votes.
He was subsequently declared the APC candidate for the constituency ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Speaking after the announcement, Buhari thanked party members, delegates and supporters across the constituency for supporting him.
“I will embrace everyone and carry all party members along to ensure that APC emerges victorious in the general elections,” he said.
“I sincerely thank the people of Daura, Sandamu and Mai’adua for coming out in large numbers to support me.”
He also said the mandate should lead to better representation and development in the constituency.
Auwalu Daura, son of former Department of State Services (DSS) director-general Lawal Daura, rejected the outcome of the primary.
According to him, there were irregularities in the conduct of the election and the process did not follow party guidelines.
“I am not satisfied with what happened today. Evidence is everywhere showing the injustice that was done,” he said.
“The manner of counting was highly questionable, and most of the people counted did not even have party membership cards.”
Daura added that he joined the race because of his belief in fairness and internal democracy within the party.
