The governorship primary election
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi state came to a halt on Wednesday
morning as gunmen invaded the venue of the exercise shooting sporadically.
The gunmen were said to have
stormed the Lokoja Confluence Stadium after delegates had voted on Tuesday, and
during vote-counting in the early hours of Wednesday.
Eight out of the 10 ballot boxes
used in the exercise were said to have been sorted out and counted before the
attack.
Aspirants and delegates scampered
for safety as the invaders shot in different directions.
Ahmad Fintiri, Adamawa state
governor, chairman of the electoral committee, was said to have been whisked
away to safety by his security detail.
The governor, however, did not
continue overseeing the process as he was driven out of the venue a few hours
later.
Earlier, Fintiri said 2,388
delegates were accredited out of a total of 2,511 from 21 local government
areas of the state.
The aspirants cleared for the
primary election are Wada Idris, former governor of the state; Dino Melaye,
senator representing Kogi west; Erico Ameh, Aminu Suleiman, Grace Adejoh, Abubakar
Ibrahim, Kabiru Haruna, Musa Wada, Saliu Atawodi, Mohammed Adah, Victor Adoji,
Baye Averehi, and Emmanuel Omebije.
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