The Kogi governorship election slated for today is underway,
with 21 candidates and their political parties vying to take over power 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.
With two prominent candidates, 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 office.
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 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
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