Tinubu Receives, Endorses Kogi APC Guber Candidate

President-elect Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, received Ahmed Ododo, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi state.

The president-elect received Ododo at his residence in Abuja ahead of the November 2023 election in the state.

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives; Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi; Abdullahi Bello, Kogi APC chairperson, were among the party chieftains present during the meeting.

While Yahaya Bello presented Ododo to Tinubu, the president-elect congratulated the candidate, lifted his hand up to endorse him.

Ododo, a former local government auditor-general in the Kogi, was declared the winner of the primary. He scored 78, 704 votes to beat six other contestants.