{"id":44211,"date":"2015-11-26T15:17:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T14:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=44211"},"modified":"2015-11-26T15:17:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T14:17:45","slug":"audus-replacement-onukaba-adinoyi-ojo-ocholi-join-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/audus-replacement-onukaba-adinoyi-ojo-ocholi-join-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Audu&#8217;s replacement: Onukaba Adinoyi Ojo, Ocholi join race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1448543015861_12580\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1448543015861_12584\">James Ocholi, minister of state for labour and employment, is seeking\u00a0to represent APC in the December 5 governorship supplementary election in Kogi state, according to The Nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1448543015861_12584\"> Also in the race are\u00a0Yahaya Bello (Fair Plus), who came second to Abubakar\u00a0Audu in the\u00a0primary,\u00a0and Adinoyi Ojo Onukaba, former MD of Daily Times. The newspaper said about 27 aspirants are seeking to replace Audu, who died shortly after Saturday\u2019s poll was declared inconclusive. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had asked APC to \u201cfill Audu\u2019s vacuum\u201d, making the party to decide conducting fresh primary to chose its candidate for the forthcoming election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1448543015861_12584\"> The newspaper also listed Abatemi Usman, a former senator, Sadiq Adaba, Suleiman Baba Ali, Suleiman Lanre, Yakeen Abdullahi, Rotimi Obadofin, Olusola Olumoroti and Clarence Obafemi. Others are Sani Shu\u2019aibu, a retired military officer, Atawodi Saliu, Hadiza Ibrahim, Abdullahi Suleiman, Yakubu Mohammed, Yahaya Ugbane, Abutu Ejeh, Hussain Idris and Sunday Edibo. Tim Nda Diche, Aliyu Jiya, Alex Kadiri and Usman Mainyanga, were also listed. The paper quoted Abtaemi as saying: \u201cI am just hearing the pronouncement. We just did a quick evaluation of where we are and we have resolved that we will proceed to the field. I am contesting for the governorship ticket.\u201d The Nation also said Onukaba\u00a0confirmed his interest to one of its correspondents.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Ocholi, minister of state for labour and employment, is seeking\u00a0to represent APC in the December 5 governorship supplementary election in Kogi state, according to The Nation. 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