Gowon Usman Egbunu
TVC E, POLITICS – Barely 24-hours to the inauguration of Kogi state governor-elect, Yahaya Bello amid uncertainty about his running mate, his campaign coordinators in Kogi East have nominated an Abuja-based publisher and politician, Gowon Usman Egbunu, as their preferred deputy governor.
Egbunu, a Christian, is an indigene of Ofu Local Government. He is from Aloji Ward.
Hon. James Faleke
It would be recalled that James Abiodun Faleke, who was picked by the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the running mate to Bello, turned down the nomination, saying he should be declared the governor-elect.
He earlier ran the election with the late Prince Abubakar Audu before his sudden death.
Egbunu’s nomination was contained in a-six-page letter addressed to the governor-elect and signed by Dr. Yakubu Ugwalawo, the leader and senatorial coordinator, as well as Hassan Haruna, Yahaya Menyaga and Prince Isah Abdullahi, zonal coordinators and nine others who are local government coordinators.
A close source disclosed that the letter, copies of which were sent to the National Chairman of the APC, the National Deputy Chairman (Northcentral), the National Secretary, State Chairman, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (who is from Kogi State) and APC senators from Kogi State; the coordinators said the nomination of Egbunu was based on the fact that he is tested, trusted and dogged.
