Kogi state governor elect biography of martin

As the tenure of Alhaji Yahaya Bello comes to an end today as the governor of Kogi State and Usman Ahmed Ododo is sworn-in as the democratically elected governor of the confluence state, residents, citizens and political leaders have expressed their views about the transition of power to the next governor, who like Bello comes from a minority group in the state.

Since 1999, all elected governors, including Abubakar Audu, Ibrahim Idris and Idris Wada, have come from the Igala ethnic group, who are in the majority in Kogi.

That was until the accidental emergence of Yahaya Bello who was given the APC governorship ticket back in 2015 following the death of Abubakar Audu who was coasting to victory in a just concluded election but was yet to be declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Rather than declare James Faleke, Audu’s running mate governor-elect, INEC chose to declare the election as inconclusive while APC gave the party ticket to Bello to inheri