The collation of the results for Kogi governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has started. See results presented by INEC’s collation officers from each of the Local Government Areas in the state.

Anxiety gripped Kogi State political leaders, last night, as early results from the governorship election, held in the state, projected Governor Idris Wada to be running neck and neck with his closest challenger, Prince Abubakar Audu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Meanwhile, the National Assembly, the Judiciary, the Army, the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, the Nigerian Communications Commission, the EFCC and several critical agencies of the federal government, are in the hands of Northerners also. Certainly, the President cannot dictate the leadership of the federal legislature and the judiciary.

How are the mighty fallen? If you watched the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, during its pitiable re-branding conference, penultimate Thursday, you would be reminded of the Bourbon dynasty in France as it lost grip of power.

The police in Bayelsa State yesterday confirmed the arrest of a 22-year-old man over his alleged involvement in the killing of one Andrew June, at Oweigbene in Ekeremor council area of the state. It was also gathered that 17 others were invited for questioning to assist the police in their investigation over the violent clash between members of the two rival political parties, the PDP and APC.