Tribunal Upholds Election of Yahaya Bello as Kogi Governor

The Kogi State governorship election tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has upheld the election of Governor Yahaya Bello as the duly elected governor of Kogi State. 

Kogi Guber Poll: Tribunal Admits Wada’s Expert Report, Dismisses APC, INEC’s Objection

The Kogi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Friday dismissed objections by counsels to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and ordered the defendants to proceed with their defense after counsel to the complainant, Idris Wada tendered a report by forensic experts which established irregularities in the Kogi gubernatorial poll.

Kogi Debacle and The Unfinished Business by Muhammed Bashir

It is no longer news that Kogi State has become a political laboratory in the country, since the unfortunate demise of the APC governorship candidate in the November 21, 2015 gubernatorial election, Prince Abubabar Audu. Things would have been normal in the state, but it has turned contrary to the expectation of people in the country, no thanks, to the Independent National Electoral Commission and its returning officer in the election, Professor Emmanuel Kucha; John Odigie Oyegun led All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Attorney General of the Federation, Alhaji Abubakar Mallami.

Kogi APC Crisis: Dr David Atte’s Gaffe!

 Re: We Didn’t Know Faleke in Kogi Until Audu Selected Him by Gideon Olugbemi

A perusal of the interview Dr. David Atte granted the Vanguard will reveal nothing new to the discerning especially close watchers of the present imbroglio in the state except viewed for what it is, another gooey attempt to rationalize an absurdity.

#KogiDecides Election Group Exposes Plot to Smuggle Running Mate for Yahaya Bello‎

A leading Civil Society Organization and Election Monitoring Group, Conscience Nigeria, has raised the alarm over a Surreptitious plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to assist Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate in the December 5, 2015 Supplementary Governorship election in Kogi Sate smuggle  in the name of a running mate. 

#KogiDecides: Post-Election Matter And the legal Option before Yahaya Bello

The death of Prince Abubakar Audu, the gubernatorial Candidate of All Progressive Congress in Kogi State had prompted the Independent National Electoral Commission to mandate the party to shop for his replacement. 

#KogiDecides Kogi Tribunal Grants Substitutted Service on Yahaya Bello

..... Okays PDP Motion to Inspect Election Materials

The Kogi State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Lokoja yesterday granted six exparte motions to all petitioners seeking leave of the the Tribunal to grant order of relief to serve the governor -elect, Alhaji Yahaya Bello through a substituted means, owing to the inability of court bailiffs to serve him.

Kogi East Senate Seat:‎ Aspirant Promise True Tepresentation

All Progressives Congress, APC, Senatorial aspirant in the Kogi Eastern Senatorial District, Comrade Danjuma Usman Okutepa, has promised to provide a robust representation to the area in the Senate if voted in the 2016 election.

#KogiDecides: Faleke Drags INEC, Bello to Tribunal

All is now set for the commencement of post election legal fireworks at the Kogi State Governorship Petition Tribunal, following the filing of petition by Hon. Abiodun Faleke, challenging the declaration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as governor by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

#KogiGovRace: The Ethnic Card

The deep seated ethnic differences that have often defined political contests in Kogi State are presently playing out in the build up to the governorship election in the state.