The APC seems to be on the march again as four possible candidates have been selected to slug it out in the party's forthcoming primaries in Kogi state to replace the late Abubakar Audu who passed away while leading in the gubernatorial polls.
According to a report from Leadership newspaper, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi state are considering one of four politicians to replace late Audu Abubakar for the Kogi governorship elections in the
soon to be organised party primaries.
The candidates being considered are:
(1) James Enojo Ocholi (SAN)
(2) Isah Jibrin Echocho
(3) Hon James Faleke
(4) Alhaji Yahaya Bello
While Faleke is the late Audu’s running mate who would have automatically become the governor if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC had not declared last Saturday’s governorship poll inconclusive, Yahaya and Ocholi were aspirants in the August governorship primary of the APC. Yahaya came second to Audu in the keenly contested primary election.
Echocho was one of the aspirants in the governorship primary of the rival PDP but switched to the APC after losing to the incumbent, Governor Idris Wada.
James Enojo Ocholi remains President Muhammadu Buhari's Minister of State for Labour & Employment and its not clear if he will be dumping his current political appointment for the governorship race.