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FCT minister, Bala
Abdulkadir Mohammed who did the rounds along with other senior
officials of the administration to witness and assess the People’s
Democratic Party primaries on Thursday in Abuja, expressed his
satisfaction with what he described as a transparent conduct of the
voting process.

Mr Mohammed
therefore called on other political parties to emulate the conduct of
the primaries in the FCT, stating that justice and equity was the only
process that will culminate in the emergence of the desired leaders in
the country.

“I am happy that
the security men are having a hitch-free exercise, they are not
overstretched because of the transparency. This will facilitate the
development of veritable institutional framework for our democracy to
grow and develop,” he said.

He disclosed that
the peaceful atmosphere during the exercise was an indication that
Nigerians were ready to play politics without bitterness and create a
level playing field that would entrench fairness and justice in the
country’s polity.

Tight security
prevailed at Area 10, as well as the Kwali Area Council Hall, venues
where the primaries for the election of flag bearers of the PDP ticket
for the Federal House of Representatives took place in Abuja yesterday.

Fielding questions
from reporters in Kwali, the aspirants, including the incumbent seeking
re-election into the House of Representatives, Isa Dobi, as well as
former chairman of Abaji Area Council, Hassan Usman Sokodabo, expressed
their readiness to accept the outcome of the results at the end of the
primaries “in good faith.”

For the AMAC/Bwari
federal constituency, former chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council,
Zephaniah Jisalo won with 135 votes. He was closely followed by Yahaya
Alhassan Gwagwa with 127 votes and former chairman of Bwari Area
Council, Isah Dara, who got 96 votes.

In Abaji/ Kuje/ Gwagwalada/Kwali federal constituency, Mr Dobi defeated Mr Sokodabo to emerge the PDP candidate.