Sixteen of the candidates that participated in the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State have accepted the results of the election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Some of the parties include: Green Party of Nigeria, Accord Party, Young Democratic Party, Justice Must Prevail Party, Peoples Party of Nigeria, Africa Action Alliance and National Conscience Party among others.

Forty-five political parties fielded candidates in the election.

Incumbent governor of the state, Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the election by polling a total of 406,222 votes to defeat the PDP candidate, Musa Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party, who scored 189,704 votes.

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Addressing a news conference in Lokoja on Monday shortly after the announcement of the election results, the coalition of 16 candidates led by Sani Teidi, the candidate of the Young Democratic Party. urged losers to work with the winner for accelerated development of the state.

“We congratulate His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for the overwhelming victory at the poll and all those who participated in the election.

“We appeal to the winner to be magnanimous in victory and prepare to mend fences for an all-inclusive governance.

“We are also appealing to all Kogi stakeholders to accept the winner for participatory governance,” Mr Teidi said.

The candidates condemned the call for cancellation of the election by civil society groups, saying that they did not consider the enormity of waste and loss of lives that may occur in the course of re-running the election.

“All aggrieved political parties should play the game by the rule. Kogi is our state, and the only panacea for development is peace,” he said.

(NAN)

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Nigeria Has been sold long ago!

What chance do these 16 candidate have?

With all this election palava, hope the N10B” approved for Kogi State last week Is still intact?

Of course they will accept. Money has exchanged accounts.
Kogi state...an interesting case. How did we get here?
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What do u expect. Hunger is in the land now. Just 5 million naira will do the job. All these hungry people parading themselves as politicians everywhere. Nigeria has gotten to a stage where the poor will continue to wallow in poverty and the rich will still use poverty to incarcerate them. But what I know is that one day will be one day. Something will happen that will change it all. Things must not continue this way.

Congrats to Onwumere of Kogi state Gov. Yeye Bello

Youd do nothing, accept or not the winner is already known

16 appointments seekers

I am not sure though but from this guys record for the past four years, I believe that Bello can't win a female stranger even in an unknown party

What happened in Kogi was an organized war against democracy; coup against the people and seizure of power through, PMB and Senate gave 10 Billion to GYB, brigandage and the barrel of the guns with members of the police and other security agencies, a helicopter of the Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the police shot and killed voters, coordinating the stealing of people’s votes.

Accept, we wonnnnnnnnn

The rest should also accept ooo became nothing go comot that guy there except God

Modern slavery. Kogi people still voted for backwardness.shior

Voting is a waste of time.

Ok

It Seems All 16 of Them Are Under Duress

Abi, it's important now. They need to calm down
and congratulate if they want to get the money they spent for campaign.

Oga, u have enter, congratulobia o, I hope u are not just gonna brush us aside.... I've gat something coming.

Politicssss!!!

I just pity the masses . Those who still believe in democracy are wasting their time .May the faith of kogite see them 2ru

I reject this result

10b is working.
Yahaya Bello sponsored those 16 candidates

Na only 2 candidates we know plus one Jara called Natasha Akpoti

This 16 contested for class monitor position

I wish our aggressive idiotic jobless brothers will do the same