22 Politicians Battle For APC Ticket In Kogi Governorship Election

It is no longer news that the Kogi state governorship election will hold November 21, 2015. What is however news is the fact that the he All Progressive Congress (APC) seem to getting more attention from the major politicians in the state.

Unlike in the past where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will have gotten the attention of the politicians, the victory of the APC at the national level seem to have swayed the politicians to the party’s side.

As the party prepares for its primary election for the November election, no fewer than 22 members of the party (both new entrants and old members) have indicated their interest to fly the party’s flag for the election.

Abdoolwahab.com reports that the party’s  primary election will be held between August 25 and September 15.  Aspirants have already began touring the length and breadth of the state consulting and seeking support from party and community stakeholders in their bid to assume the number position in the state.

Prominent among the list is serving senator Dino Melaye, former governor of the state, Prince Abibakar Audu, former Aso rock chaplain, Yusuf Obaje and a former senator, Nicholas Ugbane.

Meanwhile, youths under the aegis of Kogi Transformation Network, have decried the campaign of calumny mounted against Governor Idris Wada by people they described as  ‘faceless agents of darkness’ who they say want to desperately  reverse the positive trend of development that the current administration has brought to the state.

In a related development, Nigeria’s former minister of police affairs, Humphery Abba, and an ex member of the PDP Board of Trustees, Halima Alfa, and  over 8,000 people have defected to the APC in Kogi state.