The younger brother of the immediate past governor of Kogi State,
Engr. Musa Wada has emerged the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party
governorship primary held in Lokoja on Wednesday, ahead of the 16th
November election.
Engr. Musa Wada scored 748 votes, followed by Abubakar Idris with 710
votes, the former governor Captain Idris Wada came third, while Senator
Dino Melaye came fourth.
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 former governor, Idris Ibrahim.
Sorting and counting of votes was concluded following the invasion of
the venue on Wednesday by some gunmen who disrupted the congress.
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 countered 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, it was 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. The other three boxes yet sorted out were in the possession
of Governor Fintiri panel.
Meanwhile, Engr. Musa Wada has expressed optimism that the state is
set to experience a new lease of life if elected as governor in the
November governorship election.
The PDP Governorship hopeful expressed gratitude to the executives,
members and delegates of the party for the overwhelming support that
made him emerge victorious at the party’s governorship primary.
The PDP governorship candidate in a statement, described the election
as keenly contested, noting that all the aspirants that contested with
him were very qualified to be governor, but said by Providence, he
emerged the party’s flag bearer.
Engr. Musa Wada thanked the other contestants for putting up a good
fight, just as he thanked them for accepting the result and for their
sportsmanship, urging them to join hands with him in making the state a
better place to live.
While promising to run an all inclusive government if elected, the
PDP governorship candidate called on all those who contested with him,
the members of the party and all Kogites at home and in the diaspora to
join hands with him in taking the state out of the woods.
Engr Wada described the current situation in Kogi state as unacceptable.
The PDP candidate also lamented the sufferings of the citizens,
promising to offer quality leadership that would make the state the envy
of all.