Hon Donatus Mathew, an ex-Okada rider who won a House of Representatives seat for Kaura Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, was elected on the platform of the Labour Party in 2023.
In December 2024, he officially defected to APC.
Now, APC has denied him ticket.
In the general election, Donatus polled 10,508 votes to defeat the incumbent House of Reps Member Gideon Lucas Gwani of the PDP who scored 10,297 and the candidate of the APC who received 9,919 votes. The candidate of the PDP rejected the results and filled a petition challenging the election at the Election Petition Tribunal and asked the court to declare him winner.
