Kogi State deputy governor, Edward Onoja, and the Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello, Pharm. Mohammed Abdulkareem Asuku, have withdrawn from the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Other aspirants including David Adebanji Jimoh; a former Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Ashiru Idris; Okala Yakubu, and Momoh Jubril.
This is coming after a critical stakeholders meeting hosted by the state governor, Yahaya Bello, at the State headquarters of the APC in Lokoja on Thursday, where the Governor allegedly unveiled his preferred candidate, a former Auditor-general of the State, Ahmed Usman Ododo.
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Chairman of the primary election committee and Zamfara State Governor, Mohammed Bello-Matawale, confirmed the development after Thursday’s meeting.
Matawale said other aspirants who have not withdrawn from the race are free to participate in Friday’s primary to be held across the state.
“All other aspirants who have not withdrawn from the race are free to participate in Friday’s direct primary election to be held across the state.
“The gentlemanly agreement was reached and announced at a stakeholders meeting of the party held on Thursday, in Lokoja”, he said.
Meanwhile, Onoja and Asuku have announced their withdrawal from the governorship race via their respective verified Facebook pages shortly after the meeting in Lokoja.