Nasarawa Governor Sule Wins APC Senatorial Ticket

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has emerged as the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 general election.

Sule secured victory in the party’s senatorial primary election held on Tuesday after polling 47,393 votes to defeat his only challenger, former Deputy Governor of the state and immediate past Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment, Silas Ali Agara, who scored 2,915 votes.

The result showed that the governor defeated Agara with a margin of over 44,000 votes.

The Returning Officer for the election, Musa Guri, announced the outcome in Akwanga, describing the exercise as peaceful, credible, and transparent.

“I, Musa Shuaibu Guri, Chairman of the Senatorial Primary Elections Committee, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the Nasarawa North senatorial primary election held on the 18th day of May 2026,” he stated.

According to him, “Audu Alhaji Sule got a total vote of 47,393, while the second aspirant, Silas Ali Agara, got a total vote of 2,915.”

Guri added that Sule satisfied all constitutional requirements and guidelines of the APC and was therefore declared winner of the primary election.

“He scored the highest number of votes and is accordingly declared the winner and returned as the party’s senatorial candidate for Nasarawa North Senatorial District,” he declared.