From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
Eng Wada
The flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Kogi state governorship poll on November 16, Engr Musa Wada has described his victory as a long awaited dream come true.
He expressed his readiness to reconcile with all those that are aggrieved with the outcome of the exercise to enable the party win in the forthcoming election.v
Surprises arose in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital on Wednesday as Engr Musa Wada floors other big wig aspirants to clinch the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 16 governorship polls.
Chairman of the electoral committee for the Kogi primary election, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, who declared the results yesterday in Lokoja said Engr Musa Wada polled 748 to defeat his closest opponent, Abubakar Mohammed Ibrahim who polled 710 votes.
According to result declared, former Governor Idris Wada got 345 votes to emerge third while Senator Dino Melaye polled 70 votes to come fourth.
He said Abubakar Aminu Suleiman got 55 votes;Dr Victor Adoji had 54 votes while Joseph Ameh Erico got 43 votes;
Other results declared indicate that AVM Salihu Attawodi scored 11 votes; Emmanuel Omebije got nine votes; Mohammed Shaibu got four votes; Bayo Michael and Kabiru Haruna got two votes each while Grace Adejoh got zero vote.
Fintiri said a total of 3,388 voters were accredited for the election while
He said the primary election was conducted in a transparent, free and fair manner.
He however confirmed that the exercise was disrupted following sporadic shootings at the early hours of Wednesday while sorting was ongoing, adding that they were however able to recover a total of 2,109 of the votes cast while 247 were missing following the incident.
He said after deliberations with the aspirants, agents and other key party stakeholders following the incident, it was agreed that declaration should be made since the outcome of the exercise meets “substantial compliance” rule.
Fintiri however said that aspirants that were not satisfied with the decision could take their cases to the party’s Appeal Committee in Abuja for redress.
He advised all the aspirants that could not emerge victorious this time around to put the interest of the PDP uppermost by ensuring that they rally round the flag bearer to enable the party win in the November 16 election.
