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Tajudeen Abbas, the lawmaker representing Zaria constituency of Kaduna, has been elected speaker of the house of representatives.
Abbas defeated Idris Wase and Sani Jaji by a landslide to win the election on Tuesday.
Abbas polled 353 votes, Wase got 3 votes, while Jaji also scored 3 votes.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) had nominated Abbas for speaker, with Benjamin Kalu from Abia state nominated as deputy speaker.
Abbas, 59, was first elected to the house of representatives in 2011 on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
He is a prince from the Zazzau emirate and holds the traditional title of Iyan Zazzau.
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