Kogi Governorship Election: APC’s Ododo Defeats Ajaka, Melaye in Okehi LGA By Landslide

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Kogi state, Lokoja - The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state, Usman Ododo, has won the Okehi local government area by a landslide.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Ododo winner of the LGA after clinching 53,062 votes, Daily Trust reported.

Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 2,722, while Social Democratic Party (SDP) Murtala Ajaka polled 153.

Okehi is in Kogi Central senatorial district, the zone of the APC candidate and incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello.

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Ododo scored 7,969 votes as against Melaye's 3,010 votes, while Ajaka got 1,002. It was the first local government the APC won.

SDP's Ajaka wins first LGA in Kogi guber election

Legit.ng also reported that Ajaka secured 80% of the votes in his local government, Igalamela, in Kogi East senatorial district.

The SDP candidate defeated his opponents from the APC and PDP.

Ajaka was a member of the APC and former deputy national publicity secretary of the party but lost his position in the party following his quest to clinch the governorship ticket of the APC in the state.

Source: Legit.ng