Ahmed Ododo
BREAKING : APC announces winner of Kogi governorship primary
Ahead of the November 11 gubernatorial election, a former Auditor General for Local Governments in Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election held in the state on Friday.
Ododo, who enjoys the support of Governor Yahya Bello, scored a total of 78,704 votes to win the direct primary election with a wide margin, defeating six other contestants in the governorship race.
Seven aspirants including the state’s deputy governor, Edward Onoja, Governor Yahaya Bello’s Chief of Staff, Mohammed Asuku, had earlier withdrawn from the race on the eve of the primary election.
Ododo defeated a fellow Egbira man, Mohammed Ozigi Salami, who scored 1,506 votes while the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi, scored the least number of votes – 311.
Secretary of the Kogi State APC Primary Election Committee, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, on behalf of the Chairman of the panel, Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, announced the results and declared Ododo as the winner of the governorship primary election.
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