A by-election was held to elect a new governor of Kogi State on March 29, 2008.

The incumbent, Ibrahim Idris of the PDP, was re-elected to a second term in the 2007 general elections, but later in the year his election was nullified by Appeal Court due to a complaint to the Election Petitions Tribunal by Abubakar Audu, a former governor who was excluded by INEC from participating in the 2007 elections. On February 6, 2008, the Court of Appeal upheld this ruling and ordered a new election to be held within three months. President Umaru Yar'Adua ordered the Speaker of the Kogi State Assembly to take over as acting governor.[1]

Idris re-ran for the governorship on the PDP ticket, challenging Abubakar Audu (ANPP), Ramat Momoh (PAC) and Yusuf Obaje (DPP).

Results

Kogi State gubernatorial by-election, March 29, 2008
Party Candidate Votes[2]
PDP Ibrahim Idris 518,581
ANPP Abubakar Audu 175,978
PAC Ramat Momoh 1,529
Democratic People's Party Yusuf Obaje 1,259

References

  1. ↑ "Speaker to act as governor in Nigerian state after poll nullification", Panapress (afriquenligne.fr), February 6, 2008.
  2. ↑ Emakpe, Gowon (2008-03-31). "Idris Wins Kogi Governorship Election". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
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