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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, representing Zaria Federal Constituency, has been elected as the Speaker of the House Representatives
Abbas, who is the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership, defeated the immediate past deputy speaker in the 9th Assembly, Rt. Hon. Idris Wase, and Sani Jaji, representing Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency of Zamfara State.
Unlike what obtained in the Senate, the House of Representatives employed the open ballot system.
Abass polled 353 votes to defeat Wase and Jaji, who both had three votes each.
A total of 359 members-elect participated in the election.
Abbas has been in the House of Representatives since 2011.
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