The Kogi State Auditor General, Ahmed Ododo, has emerged as the state’s governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November poll.
The secretary of the Kogi APC Primary Election Committee, Obaghiagbon, announced that Ododo scored 78,704 votes to beat six other contestants.
Obaghiagbon, on Friday in Lokoja, said Salami Momodu got 1,506 votes, Abubakar Yahaya-Ashemogu, 1,159, and Shaaibu Abubakar-Audu, 763 votes.
He added that Stephen Ocheni garnered 552 votes, Sanusi Ohiere, 424, and Smart Adeyemi 311 votes.
Obaghiagbon said that out of the 93,729 voters, 83,419 who were accredited, voted for candidates of their choice.
“Ododo, having scored the majority of the lawful votes cast at the direct primary election conducted on April 14, 2023, in Kogi, is hereby declared the winner of the APC primary election 2023.
“Ahmed Usman-Ododo is hereby returned as the duly elected governorship candidate of APC for the November 2023 governorship election,” he said.
