Sadiq Abbas Tafida, an engineer and son to Emir of Jalingo, Abbas Tafida Njidda, has won the PDP primary election for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency.
The election which took place in Jalingo on Monday, ended up in seven out of the nine co-contestants stepping down for him. They are: Leah Solomon, Umar Abdullahi Bala, Ibrahim A. Imam, Hassan Bappa, Dahiru Usman, Tukur Sale Yerima and Hassan Bakari. Bello Yero and Sale Saad were not at the venue of the election.
Chairman of the PDP National Assembly By- election Primaries Committee, Mohammed Bello Aliyu, announced that 96 delegates were accredited and that 95 voted. He declared Sadiq Abbas Tafida as the winner of the election having scored the highest number of votes.
Meanwhile, the Taraba State Deputy Governor, Aminu Alkali, who was to lead the government delegation to the occasion, could not witness the election as there were protests by youths against an alleged government support for an aspirant.
But the election went on successfully and was witnessed by some PDP big wigs including the Political Adviser to the Governor, Abubakar Bawa.
