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.
Elelu Nupe Saba Jibril Henry Olaosebikan Baba Issa Awoye Ilorin Amusement Park Paul Odama AbdulRauf Keji Ilorin Emirate Staff Association Kale Ayo Ajase-Ipo Ibrahim Agboola Gambari Ile Arugbo Abdulraheem Yusuf Omar Bolaji Gambari Abdulkadir Orire Ogidi-Oloje Okoolowo Bashirat Bola Bello Okin Biscuits Alore Aso Ofi Hakeem Lawal Shonga Esinrogunjo Sobi Ijagbo Afonja Descendants Union Omupo Nigerian Correctional Service Folajimi Aleshinloye Monsurat Omotosho Garba Ado Sanni Moronfoye Kola Shittu Salihu Ajibola Ajia Ahmed Saidu Rufai Muritala Olarewaju AbdulGaniyu Kareem Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir Frootify Otuka Ndakene Sebastine Obasi AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa Raliat AbdulRazaq Yusuf Lanre Badmas Prince Mahe Abdulkadir Village Alive Development Association Waziri Yakubu Gobir Muftau Akanbi Oke Turaki Saka Keji KSIRS Mustapha AbdulGaniyu Olaiya Lawal Suleiman Abubakar Abubakar Lah Olabanji Orilonishe TVC Female National Debate Iyeru Grammar School Millennium Development Goals Muhammadu Gobir Alaaya Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP) Ibrahim Orire SSA Youth Engagement Abatemi-Usman Tunde Idiagbon Road Muhammadu Buhari Kwara NIPR T And K FOODS Trader Moni Yusuf Mubarak Unilorin Usman Rifun ER-KANG Mining

