APP makes inroad in Jigawa, wins councillorship seat after Rivers outing

The Action Peoples Party (APP) has made a historic inroad in Jigawa State following the party’s victory in securing a councillorship seat in the state’s local government election.

This victory comes just after the party’s historic success in Rivers State last month, during which they won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the Rivers State local government election and 314 councillorship seats out of 317.

The announcement was made by Hon. Auwalu Muhammad Harbo, Chairman of the Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission.

In the certificate of return dated 6th October, 2024, the commission declared Usman Alhaji Ali of APP the duly elected councilor for Buntusu ward of Gwiwa Local Government Area.

Reacting to the victory, the National Chairman of the party, Barrister Uchenna Nnadi, expressed his gratitude to the people of Gwiwa Local Government for believing in the party, assuring them that their councilor will provide quality leadership.

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He stated that the current victory, along with the landslide victory in Rivers State, proves that the Action Peoples Party (APP) is here to stay.

Nnadi expressed confidence that, with its current performance, the party will perform even better in different regions in future elections.

He said, “Once again, I’m happy and elated about our party’s victory in the just concluded Jigawa State local government election. I thank the people of Jigawa and all party faithful for believing in our party.

“We are steadily moving forward. I’m optimistic that officials elected under our great party will perform well and deliver the dividends of democracy to the people. I’m equally optimistic that, with this current victory in Jigawa and the landslide victory we had in Rivers State, the Action Peoples Party (APP) is here to stay and the party will do better in different regions during future elections.”

“I congratulate the winners and urge all party stakeholders to work together. When we are united, we can be stronger across all regions.”