Baring any last minutes upset, Engr. Musa Wada will emerge the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the November election in Kogi State.
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So far, unconfirmed results from the agents show that Engr. Musa Wada is leading with 570 votes, followed by Abubakar Idris with 513; followed by Senator Dino Melaye with 232 and Former Governor Idris Wada with 200.
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Musa Wada, from Dekina Local Government area of Kogi State is said to be former governor of the State, Captain Idris Wada’s younger brother and also in-law to another firmer governor, Idris Ibrahim.
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Sorting and counting of votes is continuing in the governorship primary election of the PDP in Kogi which ended abruptly in the early hours of Wednesday following the invasion of gunmen who disrupted the congress.
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Voting had ended and the sorting of votes was going on when the gunmen came to the venue at about 1:45 a.m. Wednesday and started shooting from different directions.
Votes in eight out of the 10 ballot boxes have already been sorted and counted before the disruption by the gunmen.
Following the disruption, the Governor Umar Fintiri led election panel called for a meeting of all aspirants where after a marathon session agreed that sorting and counting should continue.
Luckily for the party, all agents already have figures of votes from the first seven ballot boxes that were already counted before the disruption; also as the other three boxes yet sorted out were in the possession of Governor Fintiri panel.
