2023 Elections: See What Happened To Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Kogi Central Senatorial Bid

2023 Elections: See What Happened To Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Kogi Central Senatorial Bid

Sadiku Abubakar Ohere, the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate in last Saturday’s Kogi Central senatorial election, has been declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Ohere received 52,132 votes, defeating Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 51,763 votes.

The Kogi Central senatorial election was hotly contested, with Akpoti-Uduaghan winning in four of the senatorial district’s five local government areas (LGAs).

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The INEC Returning Officer, Professor Rotimi Ajayi, a lecturer at the Federal University Lokoja, declared Ohere the winner on Tuesday at the collation center in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State.

Professor Ajayi, who announced the results in Okene and thanked the contestants for their cooperation, stated that the election was held in five LGAs of the central senatorial district: Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ogori-Magongo, Okene, and Okehi.

According to him, at the end of the contest, other candidates polled as follows: Abdul Yahaya of Labour Party (LP) – 1,226, Suleiman Aminat (AA) – 16 votes, Adagiri Moshod (ADC) – 179, Kadhim Moses (APGA) – 53, Anakobe Abdulazeez (NNPP) – 230, Musa Awolu (NRM) – 66, and Abdulazeez Tajudeen (PRP) 101.

Declaring the winner, Professor Ajayi  stated that Ohere, having satisfied the requirements of the law, “is hereby declared the winner and returned elected”.

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