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.
Abraham Ojo Azeez Salawu Olatunde Michaels Baakini Kwara North Musbau A. Akanji Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf Abdulganiyu Salahudeen Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara Kemi Adeosun Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke Ahman Patigi Doyin Agbamu Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo AbdulGaniyu Kareem Yomi Ogunsola Oniwa Musa Yeketi Saka Isau Baba Issa Awoye KWIRS Modibbo Kawu IFK Chief Imam Of Lafiagi Sobi FM Babata Kunbi Titiloye Saliu Oluwole Marafan Shonga Atiku Abubakar Lithium Ilorin Imodoye Writer’s Enclave Olupako Of Share Aishatu Ahmed Gobir National Party Of Nigeria Abdulrazaq Solihudeen Sa\'adu Salau Kwara State University Of Education Alikinla Susan Modupe Oluwole Okasanmi Ajayi Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa Opobiyi Post-utme Sulyman Atolagbe Alege Isiaka Gold Irepodun IYA YUSUF Elerinjare-Ibobo Shettima Of Ilorin Basit Olatunji Abdulrosheed Okiki 2017 Budget Issa Oloruntogun Bashirat Bola Bello Federal Allocation Bayer Nigeria Limited National Broadcasting Commission Lanre Issa Onilu Iqra Books ENetSuD Ahman Pategi University Alapansapa Buhari March 28 Kazeem Gbolagade Issa Manzuma Kayode Laro Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq Danhawa Rachael Obisesan Kulende Ajayi Okasanmi PharmAccess Foundation Dagbalodo Taofeeq Olateju

