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Musa Wada Clinches PDP Governorship Ticket For Kogi

Musa Wada From Odu in Dekina local government area has clinched the governorship candidacy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Kogi State governorship election come November 16.

He will slug it out with the incumbent governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who won his party’s primary last week to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Musa Wada was declared winner today, September 4, by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state, who conducted the primary yesterday, September 3 in Lokoja, the State capital.

At the end of the primary, Musa Wada polled 748 to defeat his closest opponent, Abubakar Mohammed Ibrahim who polled 710 votes.
The former governor, Idris Wada came third with 345 votes while a maverick politician, Senator Dino Melaye came a distant fourth with 70 votes and Aminu Abubakar Suleiman got 55 votes even as Victor Adoji got 54 votes.

Kabiru Haruna came last with zero vote in a primary where 247 votes were declared missing.