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Senator Smart Adeyemi, on Thursday morning, won the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket as the candidate of the party for Kogi West senatorial district for the 2019 general election.
He defeated three other contestants in a landslide.
Adeyemi polled 1659 votes to defeat three other aspirants; Dr. Toyin Akanle, Tajudeen Bissimillahi and Mrs. Ibikunle Adedoyin who polled 104, 98, 19, respectively, to emerge as the party candidate, while 13 votes were voided.
The Returning Officer, Mr. Bonnie Eneh, said 1,900 delegates were accredited, while 1,893 delegates voted. He declared Adeyemi winner of the exercise having won the highest number of votes.
The senatorial primary which was to be held, on Tuesday, was postponed till Wednesday but could not start until midnight and lasted till about 6.30a.m, on Thursday.
The peaceful, credible, free and fair primary election was conducted at Olonijola event centre, Kabba, headquarter of the senatorial district.
However, at the commencement of the exercise around 11:30 pm Wednesday, one of the aspirant, Dr. Toyin Akanle called for the postponement of the exercise to the following day on the ground that it was already late.
He hinged his submission on the fact that some of the delegates are already tired and some had left to sleep.
But his request was turned down by the presiding officer, who said the delegates were present and there is no need to postpone an election that is already a day behind schedule.
Other aspirants along with the delegates agreed with the presiding officer’s decision and called for the commencement of the primary.
Akanle, not satisfied with the decision, staged a walk out but left behind his agent.
In a related development, Mr. Jubril Isah (Echocho) has been declared the winner of APC Kogi East primary election.
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