Governor Otti congratulated Ododo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for a spectacular win at his first shot on the governorship seat, in the election held Saturday, November 11, 2023.
Ododo was declared winner of the highly contentious Kogi election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Johnson Urama, having polled 446,237 votes. He defeated Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who came second with 259,052 votes, and Dino Melaye, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 46,362 votes.
