Update: Onoja & 7 others stopped from battle for Kogi APC gov. ticket

Few hours to the first of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Kogi State Governorship Election, incumbent Deputy Governor, Chief Edward Onoja, has withdrawn from the race.
He was amongst eight aspirants whose withdrawal was introduced at a gathering that dragged into the evening on Thursday.

Onoja alongside former Accountant Common Jibrin Momoh, former Commissioner For Finance Funds and Financial Planning Asiwaju Asiru Idris withdrew from the race.

Equally, Sen. Yakubu Useni, Banji jimoh, Chief of Workers, CoS, Muhammad Jamiu Asuku, Friday Idachaba, Yakubu Okala and Hajia Halima Alfa additionally stepped down from the competition.

Their withdrawal was introduced by the Chief Returning Officer for the APC Governorship Main Governor Matawalle of Zamfara State.

Each Onoja and Asuku have already issued statements saying their withdrawal from the race.

Others nonetheless within the race embody Alhaji Usman Ododo, Prof. Stephen Ocheni, Sen. Good Adeyemi, Mustapha Ajaka and Barrister Salami Ozigi Deedat.

In the meantime, there have been speculations that Governor Yahaya Bello could also be considering within the course of both Ododo, who just lately resigned as Auditor Common for Native Authorities Areas or Deedat, former Commissioner for LG and Chieftaincy Affairs as his most well-liked successor, on the time of this report.

The Kogi State APC Governorship Main is scheduled to carry tomorrow, Friday, 14;April. The first could be by direct methodology, with the Zamfara State Governor and Chairman Congress Committee saying solely up-to-date monetary members could be allowed to vote.

The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee has scheduled the Kogi Governorship election for 11 November. Off-cycle Guber polls may even maintain in Bayelsa and Imo states, the identical date.