Ododo triumphed in the Kogi APC governorship primary.

Jairus Awo April 16, 2023

The special congress was conducted yesterday at the Muhammadu Buhari Civic Centre in Lokoja, the state capital…

Usman Ahmed Ododo, a former state auditor general, has also been confirmed by the party to run for governor of Kogi State in the November 11, election.

The other candidates for governor, including Senator Smart Adeyemi, Professor Stephen Ocheni, a former minister of state for labor and productivity, Shuiabu, the son of the late ex-governor Abubakar Audu, and Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, a member of the APC’s national working committee, have, however, rejected the results of the party’s primary election that was held in the state.



The special congress was conducted yesterday at the Muhammadu Buhari Civic Centre in Lokoja, the state capital, and was presided over by the chairman of the Kogi APC Primary Election Committee, Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State.

The ratification came after Ododo, a former auditor general for local governments in the state, emerged as the APC’s candidate for governor in the party’s direct primary election, which was held in all 239 of the state’s wards.

“After the carefully conducted primaries, devoid of rancor and with no violence recorded anywhere in the state, and having scored 78,704 votes, Alhaji Usman Ododo has been returned as the governorship candidate that will fly,” the Secretary to the committee, who represented the Zamfara Governor, said in announcing the results for ratification.

Some APC candidates for governor in the state, though, disagree with the outcome of the primary.Senator Adeyemi, Professor Ocheni, Shuiabu Abubakar Audu, and Ajaka are among the contenders.

At a news conference in Abuja, Senator Adeyemi spoke on behalf of the disgruntled candidates and said that no election had been held to support the APC’s designation of Ododo as its candidate for governor of the state.

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Jairus Awo is a Nigeiran Muiltimedia public interest journalist. He believes in the power of the media as a catalyst to development and societal growth. You can tip him an idea on Jairus@themiddlebelt.ng