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NEWS and REPORTS => Nigerian News => Topic started by: sparrow on Jan 11, 2011, 01:01 PM

Title: Kogi State: Ohize, Kokori lose tickets
Post by: sparrow on Jan 11, 2011, 01:01 PM
SENATOR Saliu Ohize and a House of Representatives member, Sulaiman Kokori, have lost their bids to return to the National Assembly.

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Adeyemi, senatorial aspirant, Kogi State

Ohize lost to the son of former deputy governor of old Kwara State, Nurudeen Obatemi, who polled 237 votes. Ohize scored 95 votes.

Election was inconclusive in Kogi East Senatorial District because of alleged discrepancies in the delegates' list.

An aspirant, Senator Smart Adeyemi urged the electoral officers, to use the new list.

The committee in charge of National Assembly Primary Elections  yesterday submitted its report, blaming Governor Ibrahim Idris for not providing a level-playing ground in Ankpa/Olamaboro/Omala Federal Constituency where his son, Mohammed, contested for a seat into the House of Representatives.

It also recommended sanctions against a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. T.J. Faniyi, for allegedly disrupting Senate Primary Election in Kogi West District.

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