The Senator representing Bauchi North Senatorial District, Samila Kaila Dahuwa, has lost his bid to return to the Red Chamber under the All Progressives Congress (APC), according to results released by party election officials.
Primary Election Results
Announcing the results of the direct primary election on Monday night, Chairman of the National Assembly Primary Election Committee, Brigadier General Saidu Abdulhamid (rtd.), explained that three aspirants contested for the ticket. He announced that Hon Ibrahim Muhammad Baba, who scored 22,744 votes, defeated Senator Samaila Kaila Dahuwa, who secured 12,912 votes, while Sirajo Ibrahim Tanko got 5,210 votes. He declared that Hon Baba, having satisfied the requirements of the law and party guidelines and scoring the highest votes, is hereby declared the winner.
Bauchi South Senatorial District Results
Also, while announcing the results of the Bauchi South Senatorial District election, he said that Hon Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi scored 25,716 votes to defeat his closest rival, Brigadier Abubakar Suleiman Maikano (rtd.), who scored 6,870 votes. Hon Shehu Aliyu got 6,448 votes, Hon Abdulmumin Kundak scored 4,975 votes, and Ibrahim Ali Usman got 4,922 votes. Accordingly, Hon Yakubu Abdullahi, having satisfied the requirements of the Constitution and guidelines and having scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner of the primary election for Bauchi South Senatorial District.
Dahuwa's Reaction
When contacted in a telephone interview, the serving Senator representing Bauchi North, Samaila Kaila Dahuwa, insisted that the results announced in Bauchi about the senatorial elections were fake. He added, “There was an instruction by the National Secretariat of the APC that all election results shall be announced in Abuja, and those who announced the results are not the authentic members of the election committee.”
It will be recalled that Dahuwa was elected to the Senate under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but defected to the APC in 2025 and led the strong opposition under the APC Caucus against the planned defection of Governor Bala Mohammed into the APC.
