Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi
state, has congratulated Smart Adeyemi, the newly elected senator for Kogi west
on his victory at the poll.
The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Adeyemi, candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), as the winner of the supplementary election in Kogi-west
senatorial district, which was held on Saturday.
Adeyemi polled 88,373 votes to
defeat Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who secured 62,133
votes.
In a statement by Onogwu
Muhammed, Bello’s chief press secretary, the governor described the victory ”as
a collective manifestation of intellectual, moral and cultural virtues, and
mandate given by the good people of Kogi West”.
He said the victory was a
testament to the decision of the people of the area ”to move away from the
ineffective representation of the immediate past for a progressive and
development-oriented one”.
Bello commended APC supporters
and the people of Kogi-west for exercising their civic rights despite the
pockets of unrest recorded in some locations during the governorship election.
He also commended INEC and
security agencies for working hard to ensure free, fair and credible elections
in the state.
The governor said he is committed
to using his second term in office for ”groundbreaking developmental strides”
in all parts of the state.
”The APC as a party is
particularly grateful to the people of Kogi West for their peaceful conduct at
the polls and embracing the promise of the party to work assiduously to ensure
the development of the area and the state in general,” he said.
”Now that we are having all three
APC senators representing Kogi at the National Assembly, my administration
would work in synergy with them and other APC lawmakers to attract more
projects to our state, to make life more meaningful for its citizens.”
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