87 candidates vie for 25 Kogi assembly seats – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that 487 candidates will contest elections for the 25 legislative seats in the Kogi state House of Assembly on Saturday.

Director of Voter Education and Publicity of INEC in the state, Mr. Ahmed Biambo, made this known in Lokoja on Thursday.

Biambo said that the candidates for the state House of Assembly election would be contesting on the platform of 31 political parties, adding that the parties included Kowa Party, Social Democratic Party, Accord Party, Labour Party, Action Democratic Party and Action Alliance.

Others are National Conscience Party, All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, United Peoples Party and Alliance for Democracy.

Biambo said that only the state House of Assembly election would hold in Kogi on Saturday while the governorship election would come up later in the year.