Engr. Musa Wada has emerged as
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer for the November 16 governorship
election.
Musa Wada, a younger brother of
the immediate past Governor Idris Wada, who also contested for the ticket,
scored 748 votes to clinch the party ticket.
He was closely followed by
Abubakar Mohammed Ibrahim, the son of a former governor, Ibrahim Idris (Ibro),
who polled 710 votes.
The immediate past governor,
Capt. Wada, came third with 345 votes while Senator Dino Melaye polled 70 vote
to emerge fourth.
Others include Aminu Suleiman- 55
votes, Victor Adoji-54, Erico Joseph- 42, AVM Saliu Atawodi (retd.)- 11,
Emmanuel Omebije- 9 votes, Mohammed Shuaibi- 4 votes, Bayo Michael- 2 votes and
Jabiru Haruna- 0.
Read Also: Counting continues in
Kogi PDP gov primary
Counting resumed on Wednesday in
the disrupted Kogi Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary.
The exercise, which was ongoing
ended abruptly in the early hours of Wednesday following the invasion of the
Lokoja Confluence Stadium, venue of the primary, by gunmen.
Voting by the delegates had
however ended and sorting of ballots under way, when the gunmen stormed the
venue at around 1.45am, causing pandemonium.
Votes in eight out of the 10
ballot boxes had been sorted and counted before the disruption, following which
the Governor Umar Fintiri-led election panel called a meeting of all the 13
aspirants at the end of which it was agreed that sorting and counting should
continue.
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