Yahaya Bello’s Ally, Ododo Emerges Kogi APC Gov Candidate

Ahmed Usman Ododo, a former Auditor General for Local Governments in Kogi State, has emerged as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Kogi State governorship election.

Ododo, who polled a total of 78,704 votes, won the direct primary election held on Friday, with a wide margin to defeat six other contestants in the governorship race.

He defeated the distant runner-up, Barr. Mohammed Ozigi Salami, who got 1,506 votes, while the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi, polled the least number of votes – 311.

Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, the secretary of the Kogi State APC Primary Election Committee, on behalf of the chairman of the panel, Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, announced the results.

Obahiagbon declared Ododo as the winner of the gubernatorial primary election.

Declaring the winner of the election, Obahiagbon said the election was conducted in the 21 local government areas of the state and the result have been collated peacefully from all the returning officers in charged of the election.

He said, “By the power conferred on the committee by virtue of Article 19 of the APC guidelines for the nomination of candidate for general election 2003, I Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, Secretary of Election Committee Kogi State on behalf of the Chairman of the Committee, Governor Bello Matawale of Zamfara State hereby declared that Ahmed Usman Ododo, having scored the majority of lawful votes cast at the direct primary election conducted on the 14th day of April , 2023 in Kogi State is hereby declared as winner of the APC Kogi state primary election.

“He (Ahmed Usman Ododo) hereby return as the duly elected governorship candidate of APC for the November 2023 governorship election.”