
Musa Mubarak has been announced as the winner of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Kogi governorship primary election conducted in Lokoja on Sunday
Mubarak, who is popularly known as ‘Emperor’ scored a total of 607 votes to defeat his closet rival, Pastor Felix Oni, who scored 44 votes, while Hassan Bawa scored 3 votes.
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The election which was free, fair, and transparent was witnessed by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from Abuja.
The security agents were also on the ground to maintain law and order.
The Committee Chairman for the NNPP Primary governorship election, Comrade Henry Francis, who announced the results, said a total of 717 delegates were to vote by the party’s constitution from the 21 local government areas of Kogi.
”Having scored the highest lawful votes of 607, I, Henry Frances Folaranmi, declared Musa Mubarak as the duly elected winner of the 2023 Kog NNPP Governorship Primary Election,

”Musa Mubarak is hereby declared the winner and return elected as the party governorship flag bearer, Francis said.
The Chairman of Kogi NNPP, Suleiman Abubakar, congratulated Mubarak and the entire NNPP family in Kogi for the successful and hit hitch-primaries, describing it as a day of history and well deserved”.
He described Mubarak as a great humanitarian and Philanthropist that would turn the fortunes of Kogi around for the betterment of the people.
“As of today, we shall expect a new dawn of political activities in Kogi, because the two leading political parties had failed Nigerians.
”This is the only governorship primary election that was free, fair, transparent, and credible. Today is a new beginning for the people of Kogi both home and in diaspora,” Abubakar said.

In his acceptance speech, Mubarak commended other aspirants for their sportsmanship and promised to make the State proud.
”I have emerged as the governorship flag bearer of NNPP in Kogi; and by the grace of God, I am going to emerge as the Governor of Kogi,” Mubarak said