YUGUDA LOSES SENATORIAL BID

HISTORY repeated itself in Bauchi South senatorial district of Bauchi State, as the state governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, lost his bid to go to the Senate to represent the district in the National Assembly.
Eight years ago, the then governor of the state, Alhaji Ahmadu Mu'azu, who is now the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lost to the then All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) candidate, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed, now the FCT Minister, in what was then described as an upset.
Yuguda, who flew PDP flag in the senatorial election, according to the result announced by the INEC returning officer, who is also the rector of The Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, Dr Shuaibu Musa, on Monday night, garnered 115,575 votes, while the winner in the district, Mallam Ali Wakili of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) got a total of 341,708 votes.
The governor lost to Wakili, a former Controller of Customs, in all the seven local government areas making up the Bauchi South senatorial district.
The local government areas are Alkaleri, Kirfi, Bauchi, Toro, Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro.
Ironically, Yuguda could only manage 23,945 votes from the Bauchi Local Government Area, where he hails from, as against the 134,528 got by Wakili.
With this result, the APC clinched all the three senatorial seats from Bauchi State, with a couple of House of Representatives seats so far announced.
Source: Tribune