The coast is now clear for Governor
Yahaya Bello to pick the sole governorship ticket of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 16 Kogi election.
Insider
reports confirmed that the Kogi governorship screening committee of the
ruling APC, headed by Senator Hope Uzodinma, has screened out major
contenders for the party ticket. Sixteen aspirants were screened ny the
committee.
The source confirmed that former Chief of Naval Staff,
Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin; a former President of the Nigeria Football
Federation, Abdullahi Sani-Lulu; sons of former Governor Abubakar Audu,
Mohammed and Mustapha; former National Airspace Research and Development
Agency (NASRDA) boss, Prof. Seidu Ogah; Director-General/Chief
Executive Officer, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection
Commission (FCCPC), Barr Babatunde Irukera; Veteran journalist Yakubu
Mohammed and five others failed the screening.
Only four
aspirants were cleared to contest for the party ticket. They are,
Governor Bello, Hon. Hassan Baiwa, Mrs Ekele Blessing and Engr. Bashir
Gegu.
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