The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District,
Senator Smart Adeyemi, has lost the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial
primary election to Hon. Sunday Karimi.
Hon. Karimi floored the three-time Senator and three other
aspirants at the party‘s primary held in Kabba on Saturday to emerge the APC
flagbearer for Kogi West Senatorial District.
Hon. Karimi represented Yagba Federal Constituency between
2011 to 2016 in the House of Representatives.
At the end of the election, Hon. Sunday Karimi scored 288
votes while Muyiwa Aina came second with 73 votes.
Senator Smart Adeyemi scored 43 votes while the only woman
in the race, Doyin Eshanumi scored 1 vote.
Isah Abdulkareem scored 9 votes while they recorded 6
invalid votes.
Elsewhere, Engr. Abubakar Ohere picked the APC ticket for
Kogi Central Senatorial District.
He scored 260 votes to defeat Hajia Ramatu Attah with 13
votes and Sheriff Dalhatu with 11 votes.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com