{"id":86213,"date":"2023-04-15T12:05:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T11:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ahmed-ododo-emerges-kogi-apc-governorship-candidate"},"modified":"2023-04-15T13:27:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T12:27:02","slug":"ahmed-ododo-emerges-kogi-apc-governorship-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ahmed-ododo-emerges-kogi-apc-governorship-candidate","title":{"rendered":"Ahmed Ododo emerges Kogi APC governorship candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Ahmed Usman Ododo, a former Auditor General for Local Governments in Kogi State, has emerged as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Kogi State governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>Ododo, who polled a total of 78,704 votes, won the direct primary election held on Friday, with a wide margin to defeat six other contestants in the governorship race.<\/p>\n<p>He defeated the distant runner-up, Barr. Mohammed Ozigi Salami, who got 1,506 votes, while the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi, polled the least number of votes \u2013 311.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon, the secretary of the Kogi State APC Primary Election Committee, on behalf of the chairman of the panel, Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, announced the results.<\/p>\n<p>Obahiagbon declared Ododo as the winner of the gubernatorial primary election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Ahmed Usman Ododo, a former Auditor General for Local Governments in Kogi State, has emerged as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Kogi State governorship election. 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