The elected governor of Kogi State, Usman Ahmed Ododo, has been sworn in as the governor of the state, taking full charge of the state’s administration, marking the end of Yahaya Bello’s eight-year tenure.
At a ceremony held at the Muhammadu Buhari Square, Lokoja, Bello handed over to Ododo.
It was gathered that thousands of residents witnessed the new governor taking the oath of office.
The Informant247 had earlier reported that Prof. Johnson Urama, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nnsuka, had declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Usman Ododo as the winner of November 11, Governorship election in Kogi State.
Prof. Urama, while announcing at the INEC state collation centre in Lokoja, the state capital, on Sunday night, said Ododo polled 446,237 to defeat his closest rival, Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who polled 259,052 votes.
Meanwhile, Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came third after scoring 46,362 votes, and Hon. Leke Abejide of the African Democratic Party (ADP) got 21,819 votes to come fourth.
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