The continuing flux in the political vibrations in Kogi State reached another dimension yesterday with the impeachment of the speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Momoh Jimoh. There are pointers that the removal is another step in the continuing political saga that has enthralled the nation.

The newly elected governor of Kogi State, Alh. Yahaya Bello was today issued with a certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission at Lokoja.

Barring any last minute change, the Independent National Electoral Commission will today, present certificate of return to the Kogi Governor-Elect, Alh. Yahaya Bello at the commission’s office in Lokoja today.

When he is sworn in on January 27, 2016, Alh. Yahaya Bello will make history as the youngest governor ever in Nigeria. He turned 40 last June.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Alh. Yahaya Bello as the winner of the Kogi governorship poll.

The governorship candidate for the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the supplementary election in Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello said the tussle for power between him and Abiodun Faleke (the deputy governor candidate in the November 21 election) is a family affair that will be attended to internally.

Hours before the deadline given to the All Progressives Congress APC for the substitution of its candidate in the inconclusive Kogi Governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has confirmed receiving a communication from the party.

Ahead of the historic decision to be announced by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja today, strong indications have shown that Yahaya Bello may be declared as the candidate of the party ahead of the December 5 supplementary poll of the party.