Nigeria, May 2 -- The Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has endorsed the Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila to lead the 9th Senate and House of Assembly.

This was made known in a statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES by Kingsley Fanwo, the spokesperson to governor, Thursday morning.

"Governor Yahaya Bello has declared his unalloyed support for the endorsement of Sen. Ahmad Lawan and Hon Femi Gbajabiamila as the heads of the 9th Senate and House of Representatives respectively."

The party had again endorsed Mr Gbajabiamila, the majority Leader of the House of Representatives and Mr Lawan, Senate leader, who were the party's choice in 2015 before they lost.

This choice of the party did not, however, go down smoothly for some members...