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.
Zulu Gambari Wale Oladepo C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng Ishak Mohammed Sabi Abdulmumini Jawondo Zara Umar Abdulraufu Mustapha Voices Of Tomorrow Matthew Okedare Saraki Rasaq Jimoh Atiku Vasolar Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem Abdulquawiy Olododo Abdulwahab Ololele Elections Florence Saraki Yusuf Abdulwahab Bilikis Oladimeji National Union Of Road Transport Workers Matthew Babaoye Salmon Babatunde Salmon Saheed Popoola Emir Of Shonga National Broadcasting Commission Ronke Adeyemi Doyin Agbamu Aliyu Muyideen Ayinde Oki Roseline Oni Aremu New Naira Notes Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum Prince Bola Ajibola Abdulkarim Adisa Gbenga Awoyale Titus Suberu-Ajibola Rafiu Olasile Funke Adedoyin Buhari Shehu Jimoh Kamaldeen Kehinde Coronavirus Saeedat Aliyu Omupo Magaji Nda Democracy Day Benin Republic Sheu Ndanusa Usman N-Power Ilorin Emirate Staff Association Ilorin South Sodiya Abubakar Usman Jos Aishat Mohammed Lawal Mufutau Olatinwo Kehinde Baale Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations First Lady S.O. Opowoye Quareeb Islamic Association Ayo Salami Lanre Aremu Ibrahim Orire Moremi High School Samuel Adaramola Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station Ilorin International Airport Bolakale Saka Muhammad Toyin Sanusi Kpotum Mohammed Baba Kwara North Mahee Abdulkadir Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development Saliu Ajia Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations