{"id":3045,"date":"2022-04-29T18:10:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2022-04-29T18:10:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:10:49","slug":"smart-echocho-pick-nomination-forms-embattled-oseni-undecided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/smart-echocho-pick-nomination-forms-embattled-oseni-undecided\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart, Echocho Pick Nomination Forms; Embattled Oseni Undecided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;\">But for Senator Yakubu Oseni who is representing the Central Senatorial district of Kogi State, his incumbent colleagues, Senators Smart Adeyemi and Jibrin Isah Echocho have purchased and picked their expression of interest and nominations forms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">While Adeyemi picked his forms yesterday, Echocho has picked his today, as both have gone ahead to present the forms to Governor Yahaya Bello for his blessings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3046\" src=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot_20220429-190620-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Baring any last minute change of mind, Senator Oseni may not be buying the forms owing to the reported endorsement of the former Commissioner of Works, Alh. Abubakar Ohere presented as the choice of the state Governor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2022\/04\/13\/trouble-for-kogi-national-assembly-members-aspirants-as-gov-bello-shops-for-replacement\/\">Ebira Reporters had reported the supposed anointing of candidates under the All Progressives Congress in the state for the National Assembly elections.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">However, a source close to Oseni said he will not be running, and has now resigned to completing his term in office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;Even most of his supporters who used to be regulars in his house, have all started disappearing one by one despite all he has done,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Meanwhile, Ohere has also picked his forms, and all smiles while presenting them to Governor Bello for blessings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3047\" src=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FB_IMG_1651255344605-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Ohere, notable in the district as a grassroot politician, was the third APC aspirant for the seat to pick the forms, after Hajia Ramatu Shehu Atta, and Alh. Dalhatu Sheriff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The APC Senate primary is scheduled to hold on Tuesday 24th May, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But for Senator Yakubu Oseni who is representing the Central Senatorial district of Kogi State, his incumbent colleagues,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[625,411,624],"class_list":{"0":"post-3045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-echocho","8":"tag-oseni","9":"tag-smart"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Smart, Echocho Pick Nomination Forms; Embattled Oseni Undecided - Ebira Reporters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/smart-echocho-pick-nomination-forms-embattled-oseni-undecided\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smart, Echocho Pick Nomination Forms; 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