Nigeria, May 5 -- Islamic clerics in Mani and Bindawa local government areas of Katsina State have urged residents not to vote for Jamilu Abdu - Mani, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the House of Representatives 2027 election in the area.

Mrs Abdu - Mani, the incumbent special adviser to the governor on girl child education and child development, emerged as the consensus candidate for the Mani/Bindawa Federal constituency at a meeting where the incumbent lawmaker, Ahmad Yusuf, and other aspirants lost out.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt that Ahmad Saleh had earlier emerged as the consensus candidate, but stakeholders were later made to sit and revisit the process after the other aspirants opposed his adoption.

The party ...