Yahaya Bello’s Protege Defeats Adeyemi, Others To Win Kogi APC Governorship Ticket
Interestingly, Governor Yahaya Bello‘s protege, the former Auditor General for Local Governments in Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary election held in the State on Friday.
Ododo, who scored a total of 78,704 votes, won the direct primary election with a wide margin to defeat six other contestants in the governorship race.
It will be recalled that about seven other aspirants including the state’s deputy governor, Edward Onoja, Governor Yahaya Bello’s Chief of Staff, Pharm. Mohammed Asuku, had earlier withdrawn from the gubernatorial race on the eve of the primary election.
Ododo, who won with a very wide margin, defeated the distant runner-up, Barr. 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. Below is the total number of votes received by all the contestants-
Total Votes Cast – 83419
Sen. Smart Adeyemi – 311
Hon. Sanusi Ohaire – 424
Prof. Stephen Ikani Ocheni – 552
Shuaibu Abubakar Audu – 763
Abubakar Yahaya Achimugu – 1159
Salami Momodu Ozigi – 1506
Usman Ahmed Ododo – 78704
The 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 Mr. Ahmed Usman Ododo as the winner of the gubernatorial primary election.
