Kogi Governorship Election: INEC Declares Yahaya Bello Winner

Yahaya Bello, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been re-elected as the governor of Kogi state.

According to INEC, Bello polled 406,222 votes to defeat Musa Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 189,704, and Natasha Akpoti of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who got 9,482.

The governor won in 12 local government areas out of the 21 in the state.

More as the event unfolds…