Tanko Beji has emerged Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger State
after polling 2,095 votes out of the total 2,305 delegates accredited for the state congress on Saturday.
The Chairman of the state Congress Committee and Deputy Governor of Benue State, Benson Abuonu, announced late the result of the contest last Saturday night, at the PDP Secretariat Minna, the Niger state capital.
Beji who will begin his second term defeated who Mukhtar Ahmed who recorded eight votes.
Abuonu said the election was hitch free, despite the emergence of two factions on the party.
Beji in his assistance speech, thanked the party leaders, supporters and stakeholders, and promised to carry everyone along.
“This is the time for us to be more united because of the big task ahead, the 2023 general election, promising to lead the party to reclaim the governorship of the state in the election,” he said.
“We should hit the ground running and work as a team to ensure we reclaim the state from the APC and stop the misrule the people have been going through.”
Those that attended the congress were a former Information Minister; Prof. Jerry Gana, a former Deputy Governor of Niger State, Shem Zagbayi Nuhu; PDP National Treasurer, Mohammed Maibasira; Senator Zaynab Kure, and former PDP governorship candidate, Umar Nasko.
