Farouk Aliu Mahama, son of Ghana’s late former Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, has won the Yendi Parliamentary seat for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He won polled 40,624 votes to beat the National Democratic Congress’ Alhassan Abdul Fatawu, who polled 24,755 votes.
Farouk Aliu Mahama takes over the seat from the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Habib Tijani, who is also an NPP member.
Alhaji Mohammed Habib Tijani has been the MP for the area since 2012.
