Just in: Kogi PDP dismisses six senate candidates
Following reports of serious allegations of wrongdoing and anti-party activity, some of the candidates were dismissed. However, the candidates will challenge the committee’s judgment and may take the matter to court.
The Peoples Democratic Party Assembly screening committee disqualified six senatorial candidates in Kogi state, including Itodo Okpanachi, and Aminu Abubakar Suleiman.
Itodo Okpanachi and Aminu Abubakar Suleiman were disqualified from the Kogi East senate election due to alleged misbehavior. The candidates have expressed a desire to challenge the committee’s decisions.
Suleiman was rejected by the Lokoja screening committee because he is not a registered voter in the senatorial district and thus cannot vote in the upcoming senate election.
Okpanachi was suspected of working as a stooge for the All Progressives Congress (APC), where he was supposedly appointed.
Ahmed Ogembe, running for the Kogi Central Senatorial seat, was also dropped.
Ismail Inah Hussein, a House of Representatives candidate from the Idah Federal Constituency, was removed because of anti-party action.
