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Yahaya Bello Picks Running Mate
-Governor of kogi state,Yahaya Bello adopts Edward Onoja as running mate for November 16 election.
Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has adopted Edward Onoja, his chief of staff, as running mate for the November 16 governorship election.
The aide said that the governor submitted Onoja’s name to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during his trip to Abuja earlier in the week.
The governor’s aide said: “The chief of staff is the running mate of His Excellency in the forthcoming election. An official announcement would be made soon,”
“Mr Onoja’s name was submitted to the national working committee of the party when His Excellency visited the party headquarters on Thursday.”
An ally of Bello said that Onoja is the most influential member of the governor’s cabinet. Their relationship pave way for the emergence of the governor in 2016.
Aged 49, the indigene of Emonyoku Ogugu in Olamaboro local government area of Kogi, is a Geologist.
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He was the chief strategist of “Yahaya Bello Campaign Organization” in 2015 and the state director of the Kogi Youth Arise Group, which worked for the success of President Muhammadu Buhari, still in 2015.
He sought the ticket of the former All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) for a house of assembly seat in 2011.
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