INEC final list confirms Yahaya Bello as APC candidate for Kogi Central

By Omeiza Ajayi The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has released its final list of candidates for the Kogi Central, Kogi East and Kogi West senatorial districts ahead of the January 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections, confirming former Governor Yahaya Bello as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC for the Kogi Central seat.

Bello, 51, is listed alongside ten other contenders for the Kogi Central seat, including Suzan Jagbadi of the Accord (A), Muhammad Jatto of the African Action Congress (AA), Babalawale Habib of the Action Peoples Party (APP), Ogembe Salau Ahmed of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Muhammed Aminu of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Suleiman Isah of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Salau Muritala Audu of the National Democratic Coalition (NDC), Onuja Umar Sunday of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Bashir Yusuf of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

For Kogi East, the list includes 17 candidates contesting under various parties, among them Ameh Erico Joseph of the APC, Ochija Berikisu of the Democracy for the Liberation of Africa (DLA), Ojogbane Paul Ilemona of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and Muhammed Abdullahi of the PDP.