Five Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirants in Kogi
State have stepped down, ahead of the party’s forthcoming primary
election.
The five aspirants from Kogi East stepped down for the immediate past Governor of the State, Capt. Idris Wada (rtd).
The decision of the aspirants to step down was disclosed by the
Vice-Chairman, Kogi East Elders Council (KEEC) and former Minister of
State for Health, Arch. Gabriel Aduku, while addressing journalists in
Lokoja, the state capital, on Tuesday.
According to Aduku, the decision to ‘prevail on the other aspirants
to collapse their structure into Wada was in the overall interest of the
party and the state.”
Aduku listed those who stepped down to include: Mrs. Grace Iye
Adejoh, AVM Saliu Atawodi (retd.), Dr Victor Adoji, Mohammed Tetes and
Emmanuel Omebije.