{"id":714814,"date":"2019-10-02T12:56:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T12:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/02\/wife-of-late-governor-aisha-audu-joins-kogi-guber-race\/"},"modified":"2019-10-02T12:56:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T12:56:37","slug":"wife-of-late-governor-aisha-audu-joins-kogi-guber-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/02\/wife-of-late-governor-aisha-audu-joins-kogi-guber-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife Of Late Governor, Aisha Audu Joins Kogi Guber Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1264239\">\n<figure style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone amp-wp-38cedf6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9DE9312E-AF72-438A-A866-45C9A95EA273.jpeg\" alt=\"Former first lady, Aisha Audu\" width=\"470\" height=\"265\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mrs. Aisha Audu Abubakar, YPP 2019 Kogi Gubernatorial candidate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A former first lady of Kogi State, Aisha Abubakar Audu has officially joined the race of the governorship election in the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mrs Audu, if elected on November 16, 2019, she would tackle poverty, corruption and all forms of social vices in Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement from her Media Office, made available to Journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Mrs Audu is contesting on the platform of the Young Progressives Party, YPP.<\/p>\n<p>She is the widow of a former governor of the state, Abubakar Audu and according to her, \u00a0her decision to contest on YPP\u2019s platform was informed by the party\u2019s grassroots support and ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYPP has deepened its root in past months in Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Dino Melaye Turns Down Offer To Lead PDP Campaign In Kogi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe late Abubakar Audu\/Faleke political family would be part of the structure in order to bring to reality what the late Audu would have accomplished for the state before he died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has scaled through the Independent National Electoral Commission process; her name has been published as a candidate. It\u2019s now time for the electorate in Kogi State to rally round her\u201d, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Audu, an indigene of Kogi East was among the three female candidates on INEC\u2019s final list to contest November 16 gubernatorial election with Mr. Suleiman Ozigi from the Central Senatorial district as running mate.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs. Aisha Audu Abubakar, YPP 2019 Kogi Gubernatorial candidate A former first lady of Kogi State, Aisha Abubakar Audu has officially joined the race of the governorship election in the state. According to Mrs Audu, if elected on November 16, 2019, she would tackle poverty, corruption and all forms of social vices in Kogi State. 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