Adamawa becomes first APC state to produce two female senatorial candidates

Two female senatorial aspirants in Adamawa State have secured tickets
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest for senatorial seats
in the 2019 general elections, the first of its kind in any state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Senator Binta Masi of
Adamawa North Senatorial District, who is the only female Senator from
the North in the current Senate, was returned unopposed.

Also, a popular female politician and former House of Representatives
member, Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as "Binani", emerged winner of
Adamawa Central Senatorial seat.

Binani defeated four male contestants to emerge the winner, polling 1,
282 votes, while the runner up, Alhaji Wakili Boya, scored 599 votes.

The Senator, currently representing Adamawa Central, Sen. Abdul-Azeez
Nyako, had recently left APC for African Democratic Party (ADC) where
he emerged the ADC gubernatorial candidate for Adamawa.

The ticket for Adamawa South Senatorial District was picked by a
serving senator, Ahmed MoAllayidi, who was unopposed and was endorsed
by the delegates.