BREAKING: Usman Ododo Sworn in as Kogi State Governor

BREAKING: Usman Ododo sworn in as Kogi State governor

A new governor of Kogi State Usman Ododo has been sworn months after his election.

He takes over from Yahaya Bello who just completed his second term in office as the state governor.

Ododo took the oath of office at 2:24pm on Saturday in Lokoja, the state capital.

Few minutes earlier, Salifu Joel Oyibo took his oath of office as the deputy governor of Kogi State.

Ododo has thus become the fifth Executive Governor of Kogi.

The event had in attendance the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, the Ododo’s predecessor, Yahaya Bello, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, and other top members of the party.

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Appreciating the presence of one of his rivals during the election, Leke Abejide of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in his speech, Governor Ododo said that politics of bitterness was over.

He pledged that under his leadership, Kogi State will become one of the sub national pilots for key drivers of the Federal Governments programmes in food security, poverty eradication, job creation, access to capital, inclusion of rule of law, the fight against corruption and overall economic growth which will have a local adaptation to the realities of Kogi State.

Ododo was declared as the winner of the November 11, 2023 election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Ododo won with 446,237 votes, defeating his closest rival, Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who scored 259,052, while Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 46,362 votes.

BREAKING: Usman Ododo sworn in as Kogi State governor