Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the November 16th Governorship election.
Bello, who polled three thousand, three hundred and sixty nine votes, beat eight other candidates who contested the primaries in Lokoja.
Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa state, who was the Chairman of the electoral panel that conducted the process, said that Babatunde Irukera came second with one hundred and nine votes while Hassan Bewa came third with forty four votes.
He said Yahaya Audu got ten votes, while Sani Abdulahi polled seven and Abubakar Bashir got three votes.
Badaru also said that Blessing Ekele, Hadiza Ibrahim, Yakubu Mohammed and Danlami Mohammed scored zero votes.
According to Badaru, three thousand five hundred and ninety accredited delegates voted during the primaries election out of which fifty four votes were declared invalid.
