Brothers to do battle in side-by-side seats

His elder brother Datuk Wetrom, who made headlines after quitting Gabungan Rakyat Sabah , has already been named as the Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat candidate for Kota Marudu next door.

Sibling revelry: Verdon is contesting in the northern Kudat seat while his brother Wetrom will stand in Kota Marudu. Speaking during a visit to Kampung Tanjung Kapur in Kudat yesterday, Verdon, the former Sabah Football Club chief executive officer, said he had previously hinted about the possibility of contesting in the 15th General Election .Verdon is slated to face three others for the seat, namely Datuk Seri Ruddy Awah , Thonny Chee and Rashid Harun .

Wetrom, a former state assistant minister, quit Bersatu last month after he was denied the Kota Marudu seat by the GRS leadership.Meanwhile, former Keningau Warisan chief Datuk Jake Nointin is said to be contesting the Keningau seat under a KDM ticket. Nointin contested the seat in a six-way fight in GE14 and narrowly lost to Sabah STAR president Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan by 45 votes.So far, KDM has named candidates for Kota Kinabalu, Sepanggar, Kota Marudu, Kimanis, Tenom, Pensiangan and Beaufort.

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