Abdullahi Sule emerged victorious in the party’s senatorial primary election conducted on Tuesday, receiving 47,393 votes to surpass his sole opponent, Silas Ali Agara, the former Deputy Governor of the state and the recent Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment, who garnered 2,915 votes.
The results indicate that the governor triumphed over Agara by a margin exceeding 44,000 votes.
Musa Guri, Returning Officer for the election, announced the result in Akwanga, describing the exercise as peaceful, credible and transparent.
“I, Musa Shuaibu Guri, the Chairman of the Senatorial Primary Elections Committee hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the Nasarawa North senatorial primary election held on the 18th day of May 2026,” he said.
“Audu Alhaji Sule got a total vote of 47,393, while the second aspirant, Silas Ali Agara, got a total vote of 2,915,” Guri added.
The returning officer further stated that Sule satisfied all the constitutional requirements and guidelines of the APC and was therefore declared the winner of the primary election.
“He scored the highest number of votes and is accordingly declared the winner and returned as the party’s senatorial candidate for Nasarawa North Senatorial District,” he declared.