35-year-old Teacher, Lawan Musa defeats a 6th time Speaker, Hon Ahmed Mirwa Lawan

Lawan Musa,35, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defeated a 6th time Speaker of Yobe State House of Assembly, Hon Ahmed Mirwa Lawan of the All Progressive Congress.

Lawan, who is also a teacher defeated the current speaker Hon Ahmad Lawan Mirwa, with 6,648 while the speaker got 6,466.

According to reports, the 35-year-old is contesting against the speaker for the second time and since they say second time is a charm, he defeated his opponent with a little margin of 182.

Musa and his students! 

They both contested for Nguru II Constituency.

The Speaker has represented the constituency since 2003.

Announcing the result, the Returning Officer Habib Muhammad, said Musa polled 6,648 votes to defeat the Speaker, who got 6,466 votes.

 

The returning officer while announcing the results said other candidates in the poll, including those of the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), got 30, 14, and 23 votes, respectively.

Congratulations 👏