Nigeria, May 17 -- Four sitting members of the House of Representatives have lost their reelection bids under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State.

They include Usman Ibrahim, representing the Hadejia, Auyo, and Kafin-Hausa Federal Constituency, and Sa'idu Yusif of the Jahun/Miga Federal Constituency.

The others are Sa'adu Wada of the Ringim/Taura Federal Constituency, and Muhammad Muktar of the Kazaure/Gwiwa/Roni Federal Constituency.

The lawmakers didn't participate in the party's primary elections, which concluded late Saturday.

The lawmakers failed to secure nominations from their respective constituency leaders during the APC stakeholders' meeting, which instead favoured fresh aspirants.

Mr Usman was replaced by A...