Sadiq Ango-Abdullahi, one of the released hostages of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the Sabon Gari Federal Constituency of Kaduna state.
Sadiq Ango-Abdullahi polled 33,616 votes.
The Returning Oficer, Dr Hashim Suleiman of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, announced the result in Zaria.
He declared Ango-Abdullahi winner of the election having defeated a four-term member representing the area, Malam Garba-Datti Mohammed of the All Progressive Congress, APC, who polled 31,737 votes.
As gathered by Theliberationnews, Sadiq is a son of Professor Ango Abdullahi and the late Hajiya Aisha, a former minister of women affairs, who was fondly called “Mama Taraba”.
