Idris Wada

November 4, 2017

EFCC invites ex-Kogi governor Wada over Diezani’s N23bn bribe

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited former governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, for his alleged role in the disbursement of N23bn from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. According to Punch, an EFCC operative said Wada was invited to explain how he spent the funds. He said, “We have... Read More

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September 30, 2016

Supreme Court gives reasons for dismissing Faleke, Wada’s appeals

The Supreme Court has revealed its reasons for dismissing the appeals filed by Honourable James Faleke and former Kogi state governor Idris Wada. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun who read the lead judgment said Faleke’s appeal was an “aberration, not known to law’’. “This is a simple law. Since the election, had not been completed and the... Read More

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September 20, 2016

BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Yahaya Bello’s election

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello. In a unanimous decision the justices of the Apex court dismissed the appeals file by Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Honourable James Faleke of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Faleke was the running mate to late Prince Abubakar Audu,... Read More

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Like Faleke, Wada fails to unseat Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello

Former Governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada, has lost his petition challenging the election of Governor Yahaya Bello at the state election tribunal. Wada, a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, lost the December 2015 governorship election to Bello, the candidate of the All Progress Congress. He subsequently filed a petition before the Kogi State... Read More

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December 6, 2015

How Yahaya Bello won Kogi supplementary election – Results breakdown

The All Progressives Congress candidate in the Kogi supplementary election, Yahaya Bello, has been declared governor-elect of the state. Chief Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Emmanuel Kucha, announced in Lokoja on Sunday morning, that having fulfilled all legal requirements, Bello is the winner of the election and Kogi Governor-Elect. “That Yahaya Bello, having polled the highest... Read More

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December 6, 2015

BREAKING: Yahaya Bello wins Kogi governorship election

Yahaya Bello, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Kogi state governorship election. Results released on Sunday morning at the collation center in Kogi, suggests that Bello won the state governorship supplementary election held of Saturday. Bello polled more than the 41,353 votes that the late Audu Abubakar, was using to lead his opponent Captain Idris Wada... Read More

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December 5, 2015

APC leads in Kogi supplementary election – See first results

The Kogi supplementary election is taking place in 91 polling units and the results of some of them have started trickling in. Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress, is squaring off with incumbent governor, Idris Wada, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party. Early results from Kogi Central shows Bello in an early lead against Wada. Oboroke ward... Read More

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December 5, 2015

Voters, electoral officers flee as thugs invade polling units in Kogi

Thugs have disrupted voting at Eti Aja 2 polling unit in Dekina Local government area of Kogi. Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress, is challenging incumbent governor, Idris Wada, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, in the governorship election. As voting commenced on Saturday afternoon, thugs invaded some polling units, where they shot sporadically into the... Read More

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December 4, 2015

Kogi supplementary election: The fate of Wada, Bello, Faleke rests on Justice Kolawole

The tussle for the Kogi governorship election between Governor Idris Wada, James Faleke and Yahaya Bello, will be determined on Friday, by the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court. The court will rule whether or not, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should go ahead and conduct supplementary governorship election in the state on Saturday,... Read More

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November 30, 2015

Opinion: The illegality of father to son succession in Kogi

In the prevalence of reason, justice and law the current trend in Kogi election as re-emphasized an entrenched gerontocratic disposition of the Nigerian people. The late Abubakar Audu as a man had his pros and more so his cons. He has created a debacle by poorly managing himself at this precarious times and causing the... Read More

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November 30, 2015

Deji Adeyanju: Audu’s votes in Kogi election are dead and long buried with him

INEC was wrong by asking APC to substitute late Abubakar Audu with a new candidate. INEC will also be wrong to have asked for a transfer of the late Audu’s votes to Falake or a new candidate who did not participate in the election. In an election, the electoral umpire cannot change the goal-post in the... Read More

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November 26, 2015

‘Declare me Kogi governor-elect’ | Crisis beckons, as James Faleke writes INEC, APC

The Kogi state governorship crises has unfurled aplenty in just a week since inception. It all started with the declaration of the Kogi governorship election as inconclusive, owing to the fact that the margin of votes between Audu Abubakar and Governor Idris Wada was lesser than the number of cancelled votes. While the dust was yet... Read More

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November 26, 2015

Kogi election: PDP has 2 cards to play while Governor Wada heads to court

The leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party held a meeting on Wednesday night, to discuss their course of action regarding the Kogi governorship election. The opposition party is dissatisfied with the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, to allow the All Progressives Congress, conduct a fresh primary election to choose a replacement for the deceased... Read More

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November 24, 2015

Governor Idris Wada sacks 15 LG Chairmen for defecting to APC

15 local government Chairmen in Kogi, have been sacked by Governor Idris Wada, over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). A statement was issued to this effect on Tuesday, by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, James Adedoyin. The statement said Wada’s action was backed by section 20 sub section... Read More

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November 24, 2015

INEC announces date for Kogi supplementary election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released an official statement regarding the Kogi governorship election. The electoral body had declared inconclusive, the election, which was keenly contested by Audu Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress and Governor Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party. Prof. Emmanuel Kucha of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, had announced... Read More

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November 24, 2015

APC will be allowed to substitute Audu with another candidate – AGF reveals

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that the All Progressives Congress, will be allowed to choose another governorship candidate for the Kogi state supplementary election. The initial candidate, Audu Abubakar, gave up the ghost shortly after his contest with Governor Idris Wada, was declared inconclusive by the Independent... Read More

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November 23, 2015

Opinion: The death of Prince Audu and solution to the Kogi legal logjam

The death of Prince Audu, Governorship candidate of the APC in the inconclusive Kogi Governorship Poll, held on Saturday 21st November, 2015, has created serious legal and constitutional conundrum that demands urgent and quick judicial address and resolution. We are in a strange legal and constitutional territory. The 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act 2011... Read More

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November 22, 2015

Kogi governorship election declared inconclusive

Kogi governorship elections has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC returning officer for the election, Emmanuel Kucha, announced this at the INEC headquarters in the state. Kucha stated that gap between the two leading candidates, governor of the state; Idris Wada and Abubakar Audu was less than the number of the cancelled... Read More

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November 22, 2015

BREAKING: Audu Abubakar defeats Idris Wada to win Kogi governorship election

Audu Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress has defeated incumbent governor, Idris Wada, of the Peoples Democratic Party, to win the Kogi governorship election. Out of the votes collated from the 21 local governments in the state, Audu got a total of 231, 863 votes while Wada polled 199, 514 votes. Audu Abubakar won in 16 local... Read More

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November 22, 2015

“You can’t treat me like this” | This is how frustrated Governor Wada was yesterday

Kogi governor, Idris Wada didn’t exactly have the best of days, on Saturday, November 21, when the state governorship election was held. Although it took Wada 15 minutes to conclude his accreditation, his wife, Halima Wada, didn’t have it that easy. Her details could not be electronically captured during the accreditation, and after repeatedly trying to... Read More

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November 21, 2015

Photos of Audu Abubakar, Idris Wada and wife during accreditation

Voting has commenced in the Kogi state governorship elections. While the accreditation of All Progressives Congress candidate, Audu Abubakar, was seamless, Governor Idris Wada, and his wife, had troubles getting accredited. See below, photos from the trio’s accreditation.

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November 21, 2015

YNaija Editorial: Kogi elections to serve as litmus test for President Buhari and INEC

Today, the people of Kogi head to the polls to select a new governor for the state, for the next four years. Although the election has over 20 candidates, it is evident that it is a straight battle between incumbent Governor Idris Wada of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and his predecessor, Prince Abubakar Audu of... Read More

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November 20, 2015

Demola Rewaju: All things being equal, Idris Wada will win Kogi governorship election

The stage is all set for the elections tomorrow between incumbent Governor Idris Wada of the PDP and Prince Abubakar Audu of the APC in the first of the deregularised gubernatorial elections across the country after the Aprill 11 gubernatorial elections. I was in Kogi from last week Sunday to Tuesday and I went round to... Read More

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November 19, 2015

Governor Idris Wada is a happy man… and Buhari is his source of joy

Kogi state governor, Idris Wada, was so joyous that President Muhammadu Buhari stayed away from the governorship rally of the All Progressives Congress, that he had to release two statements to the effect. Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party, ridiculed his challenger, Audu Abubakar, stating that President Buhari doesn’t want to be tainted by corruption,... Read More

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November 19, 2015

‘Wada is a goner’ | ‘You’re not God… you’re a joker’ | Between Tinubu and PDP

Following Bola Tinubu’s description of Kogi state governor, Idris Wada, as a goner, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, has labelled the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, as a ‘joker’. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, had made the statement, during the APC rally ahead of the state governorship election of Saturday,... Read More

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October 31, 2015

Early birds: PDP governorship campaign kicks off in Kogi state (PHOTOS)

Still smarting from the heavy defeat of the last general election, the Peoples Democratic Party no longer has time for dilly-dallying. The election campaign for Kogi state governorship election, has commenced early enough. A multitude of PDP supporters came out on Saturday, for the party’s rally for candidate, incumbent Governor, Captain Idris Wada.

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September 15, 2015

How Kogi governor, Idris Wada won PDP ticket for a second term

Governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada, yesterday night, won the primary election, to represent the Peoples Democratic Party in the upcoming governorship polls. The election was supervised by the governor of Enugu state, Ifeanyi Uguawanyi The result of the primary was announced late at night, at about 9:42pm on Monday. Wada won the election by what... Read More

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August 11, 2015

‘Party-less’ Nigerian, Obasanjo says he ‘will never again be a politician’

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is retired from the murky waters of Nigerian politics. For all those still in doubt about his political affiliation, Obasanjo has declared that he would never be a politician again in his life. The man said on Monday, that as of now, he remains a “partyless” Nigerian and would simply continue to be an elder... Read More

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September 3, 2014

Ex-Kogi commissioner perishes in car accident

by Segun Oni Grace Elebiyo, the immediate past Commissioner for Education in Kogi State has died. Elebiyo who, before the accident, participated in Governor Idris Wada’s ongoing “thank you” tour of Kaba died along the the Kabba-Okene road today. Reports say the accident was cause by overspeeding on the part of the victim’s driver... Read More

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Sad news: Ex-Kogi governor’s wife slumps and dies during morning prayer

by Akan Ido Hajiya Zainab Idris, the wife of the former Kogi governor, Ibrahim Idris slumped and died today. The late Hajiya Zainab was said to have slumped and died while performing early morning Islamic prayers. Her death came as a shock to many as she was said to have been hale and hearty just... Read More

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