2023: Former Kwara governor's son emerges SDP guber candidate
ABDULHAKEEM Lawal, son of a former governor of Kwara State Mohammed Lawal, has emerged as the flag bearer of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the 2023 governorship election in the state.
Lawal polled 33 votes to defeat a former chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) Oba AbdulRaheem, who got 16 votes, in the primary election held on Wednesday at Savannah Event Centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
A former gubernatorial aspirant under the APC in 2019 Tajudeen Audu came third with 10 votes.
Other aspirants include Sunday Babalola, Kale Belgore, a former special assistant to Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, and a former commissioner in the state, Kaleel Bolaji.
Babalola got two votes, while Before and Bolaji did not get any votes.
The ICIR had reported that Lawal promised to change the fortunes of the state for good.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Kwara Volleyball Association Hijaab Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union Council Of The Wise Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon Yoonus Lawal Ibrahim Bio Oladimeji Thompson Elelu Bayo Onimago Ramadan Coronavirus Aisha Gobir Okanlawon Taiwo Ramat Oganija Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye BIR Abubakar Aliagan Iyiola Oyedepo Mustapha Olanipekun Kola Adesina Balogun-Ojomu National Association Of Nigerian Students Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP) Erubu Ethical College Medview Airlines Sobi Specialist Hospital Abdulfatai Baakini Gaa Olobi Saheed Akinwumi Jumoke Gafar Femi Ogunsola Ope Saraki Mohammed Lawal Lai Mohammed ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Wahab Femi Agbaje JMK Construction Company Limited Magaji Are Raliat AbdulRazaq Hamza Usman Oyedun Juliana Funke Kolawole Akande Split Diamond Interchange Nnazua Abdulrahman Iliasu CUTI Femi Oladiji Okin Biscuits Borgu Mohammed Katsina Ahmed Yekini Adio Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman Olukotun Of Ikotun Oko Mohammed Saidu Third Estate Quran Yusuf Arowosaye Baakini Sulyman Buhari Elerinjare-Ibobo Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa Awodun Taiwo Joseph Admiralty Villa Osi Abiodun Musa Aibinu Adedeji Onimago Haruna Olawale Sulaiman Babaita Olabode George Towoju Yakub Ali-Agan Trader Moni Ahmad Uthman Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo