Kidnapped Northern Elders Forum Chairman’s son wins PDP House of Reps ticket

Sadiq Ango Abdullahi, son of the convener of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Ango Abdullahi, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary for the Sabon Gari Federal Constituency, Kaduna.

Sadiq is one of the 61 persons still in captivity with the terrorists who attacked and abducted passengers of train AK-9 from Abuja to Kaduna on March 28th 2022.

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No fewer than nine passengers were killed in the attack which led to suspension of train service on the route by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC).

Ango Abdullahi, a former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Kaduna, said he was still praying and hoping that his son would be released soon. However, at the end of the PDP primaries, Sadiq won with 28 votes to defeat other aspirants, Hadiza Muhammad, Salisu Abdulhamid and Misis Paulina.