Wale Ibrahim, Lokoja
Musa Wada, on Wednesday, emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), flag bearer for the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State.
Wada is the younger brother of the immediate past governor of the state, Capt. Idris Wada. The former governor also contested, but his brother scored 748 votes to clinch the ticket.
He was closely followed by Abubakar Mohammed Ibrahim, the son of another former governor, Ibrahim Idris (Ibro), who polled 710 votes.
Capt. Wada came third with 345 votes, while Senator Dino Melaye polled 70 votes to emerge fourth.
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Others included Aminu Suleiman- 55 votes, Victor Adoji-54, Erico Joseph- 42, AVM Saliu Atawodi (rtd.)- 11, Emmanuel Omebije- 9 votes, Mohammed Shuaibi- 4 votes, Bayo Michael- 2 votes and Jabiru Haruna- 0.
The counting of votes was ongoing but ended abruptly in the early hours of Wednesday following the invasion of the Lokoja Confluence Stadium, venue of the primary, by gunmen.
Voting by the delegates had however ended and sorting of ballots under way, when the gunmen stormed the venue at around 1.45am, causing pandemonium.
Votes in eight out of the 10 ballot boxes had been sorted and counted before the disruption, following which the Governor Umar Fintiri-led election panel called a meeting of all the 13 aspirants, at the end of which it was agreed that sorting and counting should continue.