The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has emerged as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the forthcoming governorship election billed to be conducted on November 16 by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
It was gathered that Bello won the primary conducted in Lokoja, the state capital on Thursday by 3,127 votes.
Vigil360 further gathered that about 3,596 delegates were accredited for the primary.
Other aspirants who contested the primary with Bello include
1. Hadiza Iyoma Ibrahim
2. Yahaya Odidi Audu
3. Sani Lulu Abdullahi
4. Engr. Abubakar Bashir
5. Engr. Danlami Umar Mohammed
6. Yakubu Mohammed
7. Hassan Abdullahi; and
8. Ekele Aishat Blessing
Bello would now wait for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to conduct its primary in order to know his main challenger.
