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INEC Lists Yahaya Bello Among Kogi Central Senate Candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published its final list of candidates contesting the Kogi Central, Kogi East and Kogi West senatorial districts in the January 2027 National Assembly elections. Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is listed as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Kogi Central, alongside……
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published its final list of candidates contesting the Kogi Central, Kogi East and Kogi West senatorial districts in the January 2027 National Assembly elections.
Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is listed as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Kogi Central, alongside 10 other contenders.
The list, signed by INEC Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, contains 42 candidates across the three senatorial districts and provides details including their political parties, ages, gender and educational qualifications.
Bello, 51, is listed alongside candidates from the Accord, African Action Congress, Action Peoples Party, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Allied Peoples Movement, National Democratic Coalition, Peoples Redemption Party and Social Democratic Party.
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The Kogi Central list also features incumbent Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Bello’s emergence as the APC candidate followed months of uncertainty surrounding his eligibility and screening for the senatorial contest.
He was eventually cleared by the party’s screening committee alongside other aspirants from the three senatorial districts before securing the APC ticket for Kogi Central.
Bello won the party’s primary election with 72,399 votes across the five local government areas in the district, defeating Ibrahim Yakubu Adoke, who polled 319 votes, while Momoh Yusuf Obaro scored 188 votes.
In Kogi East, INEC listed 17 candidates for the senatorial election, including Ameh Erico Joseph of the APC, Ochija Berikisu of the Democracy for the Liberation of Africa (DLA), Ojogbane Paul Ilemona of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and Muhammed Abdullahi of the PDP.
Kogi West has 14 candidates on the final list, including Karimi Sunday of the APC, Musa Ibrahim Ahmadu of the ADC and Yusuf Ayo Tajudeen of the PDP.
The commission also indicated that none of the 42 candidates across the three senatorial districts was listed as a person living with disability, with the “PWD” column marked “None” throughout the document.
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