Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Population and National Identity, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi has won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket for Kaduna North Senatorial District.
The Senator had last week contested for the governorship ticket of the party and had come second after Isa Ashiru who won the party’s gubernatorial ticket.
The party had allowed him the right of first refusal being one of the current set of senators that defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the PDP.
Our corespondent learnt that Hunkuyi indicated interest in vying for the Senate ticket and was allowed to contest alongside two others.
Hunkuyi who polled 158 votes to emerge winner of the primary which took place at the PDP zonal office in Zaria.
Other aspirants who participated in the senatorial primary election are Jafar Mohammed who polled 90 votes and Bilkisu Soba who garnered 74 votes.
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