KogiDecides (LIVE UPDATES): APC, PDP, 22 others in governorship contest - Premium Times Nigeria

Thousands of Kogi residents will today cast their votes for the candidates of their choice in a keenly contested governorship election.

The incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress , hails from the central district of the state and hopes to make history as the first governorship candidate outside of Kogi East Senatorial District to be elected as governor. The build-up to today’s polls has been marked by violence, intimidation and outright attacks on candidates and their supporters. The development has given rise to apprehensions that the turnout of voters could be low.

Although the battle is expected to be between the two main political parties, the APC and the PDP, the effects of other participating political parties cannot be underestimated. The Social Democratic Party’s Natasha Akpoti, Aisha Audu of the Young Peoples Party, Dele Bello-Williams of the Grassroots Development Party of Nigeria and Justina Abanida of the African Democratic Congress have the potential of affecting the fortunes of the two leading candidates, perhaps marginally.

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