Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has emerged as the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 general election.

Sule secured the ticket after winning the party’s senatorial primary election held on Tuesday, where he polled 47,393 votes to defeat his only challenger, former Deputy Governor of the state and ex-Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment, Silas Ali Agara, who scored 2,915 votes.

The Returning Officer for the election, Musa Guri, announced the result in Akwanga, describing the exercise as peaceful, credible, and transparent.

“I, Musa Shuaibu Guri, Chairman of the Senatorial Primary Elections Committee, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the Nasarawa North senatorial primary election held on the 18th day of May 2026,” he said.

He added that Sule scored the highest number of votes and met all constitutional requirements and APC guidelines.

“He scored the highest number of votes and is accordingly declared the winner and returned as the party’s senatorial candidate for Nasarawa North Senatorial District,” Guri stated.

The result showed that Sule defeated his opponent by a wide margin of over 44,000 votes, reinforcing his dominance in the party structure within the state.