Yahaya Bello Declared Kogi Governor-Elect

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Yahaya Bello Declared Kogi Governor-Elect

INEC has declared APC candidate Alh. Yahaya Bello as the winner of the Kogi governorship poll.


APC polled 247,752 votes to defeat PDP who came second with 204,877 votes. In the supplementary poll, APC polled 6885 votes to beat PDP which polled 5363 votes.


Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi who is the Chief Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Emmanuel Kucha
declared the results in Lokoja. He said, having fulfilled all legal requirements, Alh. Yahaya Bello is declared winner of the election and Kogi
Governor-Elect.


Faleke remains the running mate to Alh. Yahaya Bello. The supplementary poll took place in 18 of the 21 Local Government Areas in the state.
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