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33-year-old student unionist unseats 4th term reps member in Sokoto

33-year-old student unionist unseats 4th term reps member in Sokoto

Story from Haruna YUSUF

A 33-year-old student unionist, Bashir Usman Gorau, has defeated, Musa S Adar, an incumbent member representing the Gada-Goronyo federal constituency of the House of Representatives in Sokoto State.

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According to News Pont Nigeria, Gorau, contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and is the immediate past Commissioner of Youth and Sport in Sokoto.

He polled 29,679 votes to defeat Adar of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 25,549 votes.

The election was earlier declared inconclusive because of some hitches.

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