35-Year-Old Lawan Musa Ends Yobe State Assembly Speaker's 6th Term Ambition

Hon. Lawal Musa has put an end to the twenty years reign of the Speaker of Yobe State House of Assembly, Hon. Ahmed Mirwa Lawan.

Musa, 35, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Nguru II Constituency, defeated Mirwa in a keenly contested election.

The younger honourable emerged victorious with a total of 6,648 votes, while Lawan polled 6,466 votes.

The Returning Officer of the election, Dr Habib Muhammad, announced the results and revealed that other candidates of the ADC, NNPP and APM parties received 3,023 and 14 votes respectively.

Hon Ahmed Mirwa Lawan had been a member of the House since 2003 when he was elected under the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).