Ibrahim Bello Mohammed, popularly called IBM, son of the former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Bello Mohammed Haliru, has won the Birnin-Kebbi, Kalgo and Bunza Federal Constituency election.
27-year-old Mohammed of the PDP polled 50,781 votes to defeat his closest opponents, scoring 37,478 votes for the All Progressives Party (APC) and 7,880 votes for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) parties respectively.
The INEC returning officer at the Birnin-Kebbi Collation Center, Abbas Aliyu Bazata declared that, “Ibrahim Bello Mohammed of the PDP having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared winner and returned elected as Member House of Representatives Birnin-Kebbi, Kalgo and Bunza Federal Constituency in Kebbi State.”
Ibrahim Bello Mohammed, who was substituted and affirmed by the party after the untimely and expected demise of his elder brother, the late Barrister Abba Bello Mohammed, is said to be the youngest elected Lawmaker for a Federal Constituency seat in the history of the country.
While speaking with newsmen after the announcement, Ibrahim Bello Mohammed expressed his profound gratitude to the good people of Birnin-Kebbi, Kalgo and Bunza Federal Constituency for finding him worthy to serve and represent them at the 10th Assembly.
He assured them that he is ready to serve the people and will use his youthful prowess to lead a charge of immense growth and development across the Federal Constituency.