Voters in Kogi state will on today elect a new governor for the 24-year old state.

The voters have options of 22 candidates, but the most popular candidates are Abubakar Audu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, and Idris Wada, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.

While Mr. Wada is the incumbent, Mr Abubakar was governor of the state between 1999 and 2003.

WE WILL BE UPDATING YOU ON THE HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE HERE!

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08.11AM
Female candidate withdraws for Audu
The candidate of the African Democratic Congress, in Saturday's governorship election in Kogi State, Zainab Usman, has announced her withdrawal from the contest. Ms. Usman, the only female in the race, withdrew to pitch her tent with the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abubakar Audu, according to a statement she signed on Friday. Mr. Audu is the only candidate that can take the state to the promise land, Ms. Usman said. She said the only visible developments in the state were put in place by Mr. Audu between 1999 and 2003 when he served as Governor. She added, " the successive regimes of the Peoples Democratic Party, have failed woefully in spite of the huge resources at their disposal. “(Therefore) I decided to dump my ambition and support Audu to move the state forward and continue from where he stopped in 2003. “I have thus direct all my supporters to go out and vote en masse for the APC and Prince Audu tomorrow."

08.40
Audu, Wada, 20 other candidates in race for Governor

The Kogi governorship election slated for today (Saturday) is underway, with 21 candidates and their political parties vying to take over power and the Government House in the state.

There would have been 22 candidates, but the candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Zainab Usman, announced her withdrawal from the contest on Friday night.

Ms. Usman, the only female in the race, withdrew and then asked her supporters to vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Abubakar Audu.

Withdrawing on the eve of the election when it was too late to alter election materials, her name would definitely remain on the ballot paper as voters go to the polls.

Although two candidates are prominent, namely Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party and Abubakar Audu of the All Progressives Congress, other parties such as the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Accord and 18 others have registered their names on the list of contestants for the coveted office.

While the two leading parties had profound rallies and campaigned throughout the 21 local governments and 239 wards of the state, the other parties managed outings barely noticed by the generality of the citizenry.

The Independent National Electoral Commission in the state has put the number of registered voters in the state at 1,397,786.

With 4,548 polling units across the state, there would be over 31,836 policemen manning the units if the words of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase is anything to go by.

The police boss had promised that each polling units would be manned by seven police officers, besides personnel of other security agencies also expected to be on duty.

The governorship candidates and their political parties are as follows:

Isah Yakubu Kamaldeen, AA

Dickson F. Fred, Accord

Ukenya Musa, ACD

Michael Abdullahi, AD

Usman Zainab, ADC

Odufu Cosmas Friday, APA

Abubakar Audu, APC

Akwu Umar Goodman, APGA

Yinka Cherry Oloruntoba, CPP

Philips Ezekiel Koleola, DPC

Abubakar Ibrahim, DPP

Ibrahim Adejoh, ID

Raji Ogirima KOWA

Philips Omeiza Ozovehe Salawu, LP

Mohammed Ibrahim Dangana, NCP Mallam Abdul Hussein, NNPP

Emmanuel Daikwo, PDC

Idris Ichalla Wada, PDP

Emmanuel Enesi Ozigi, PPA

Ojuh Godwin Hussein, PPN

Enema Paul, SDP

Saád Mukailu Yaro, UDP

Great Kogites

we keep recycling old fools in this country and tomorrow, we keep shouting we are the future leaders. someone contesting for a seat he has occupied before with the incumbent. why would the two not present young youths and let them slug it out with each other. From all I can see, until the youths of this nation unite and form a new platform to front their ideas, pdp and apc will keep giving them and the women back seat

#kogi4change

#voteprinceAbubakarAudu

Good morning beautiful and handsome peeps on this forum especially my fellow Kogites. The day has finally come, the hour is upon us and we are just few moments away from making transition from what is obtainable to what is desirable. The perfect platform to reposition our dear state and decide our destiny and that of prosterity is right here before us. If we get it wrong this time around then we can only have ourselves to blame for whatever predicament that would befall the state in the next four years. If the enormity of your commitment to see Kogi State on the rise is as much as mine, then we can collectively via our PVC decide the fate of Kogi today at the poll.


One mustn't have a Degree in Political Science before s/he can tell that Kogi State is bleeding to death already and/or that the state has been on a life support since Wada came into office. I am not here to campaign in support of any candidate but to remind us of the gravity of whatever decision we are going to make today at the poll. Kogi and Kogites deserve the best in terms of governance and that we must ensure it comes to pass in the next four years. Enough of the retrogression or stagnation, it is time we take our rightful place in the hall of governance and begin to reap the fruit thereof.


Lastly, VOTE NOT FIGHT. No politician out there deserve your blood. They have their interest at heart first before that of you and I. Don't allow yourself to be used as a sacrificial lamb, they don't deserve it one bit.

Wind of change is blowing through Kogi state @d moment. Changing alaWada for Audu

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08.40
Audu, Wada, 20 other candidates in race for Governor

The Kogi governorship election slated for today (Saturday) is underway, with 21 candidates and their political parties vying to take over power and the Government House in the state.

There would have been 22 candidates, but the candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Zainab Usman, announced her withdrawal from the contest on Friday night.

Ms. Usman, the only female in the race, withdrew and then asked her supporters to vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Abubakar Audu.

Withdrawing on the eve of the election when it was too late to alter election materials, her name would definitely remain on the ballot paper as voters go to the polls.

Although two candidates are prominent, namely Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party and Abubakar Audu of the All Progressives Congress, other parties such as the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Accord and 18 others have registered their names on the list of contestants for the coveted office.

While the two leading parties had profound rallies and campaigned throughout the 21 local governments and 239 wards of the state, the other parties managed outings barely noticed by the generality of the citizenry.

The Independent National Electoral Commission in the state has put the number of registered voters in the state at 1,397,786.

With 4,548 polling units across the state, there would be over 31,836 policemen manning the units if the words of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase is anything to go by.

The police boss had promised that each polling units would be manned by seven police officers, besides personnel of other security agencies also expected to be on duty.

The governorship candidates and their political parties are as follows:

Isah Yakubu Kamaldeen, AA

Dickson F. Fred, Accord

Ukenya Musa, ACD

Michael Abdullahi, AD

Usman Zainab, ADC

Odufu Cosmas Friday, APA

Abubakar Audu, APC

Akwu Umar Goodman, APGA

Yinka Cherry Oloruntoba, CPP

Philips Ezekiel Koleola, DPC

Abubakar Ibrahim, DPP

Ibrahim Adejoh, ID

Raji Ogirima KOWA

Philips Omeiza Ozovehe Salawu, LP

Mohammed Ibrahim Dangana, NCP Mallam Abdul Hussein, NNPP

Emmanuel Daikwo, PDC

Idris Ichalla Wada, PDP

Emmanuel Enesi Ozigi, PPA

Ojuh Godwin Hussein, PPN

Enema Paul, SDP

Saád Mukailu Yaro, UDP

I support APC for Kogi.