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From Olanrewaju Lawal Birnin Kebbi
Ibrahim Bello Mohammed, popularly called IBM, son of former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bello Mohammed Haliru, has emerged winner of the Birnin-Kebbi, Kalgo and Bunza federal constituency election.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer, Abbas Aliyu Bazata, said Mohammed polled 50,781 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Muktar Bunza, who scored 37,478 and Bello Relisco of Social Democratic Party (SDP) who scored 7,880.
Mohammed, 27, who was substituted and affirmed by the party after the demise of his elder brother, is said to be the youngest elected lawmaker for a federal constituency seat in the history of the country.
Speaking with newsmen after the announcement, Mohammed expressed profound gratitude to the people for finding him worthy to serve and represent them at the 10th Assembly.
He assured that he was ready to serve the people and would use his youthful prowess to lead a charge of immense growth and development across the federal constituency.
