A by-election was held to elect a new governor of Kogi State on March 29, 2008.
The incumbent, Ibrahim Idris of the PDP, was re-elected to a second term in the 2007 general elections, but later in the year his election was nullified by Appeal Court due to a complaint to the Election Petitions Tribunal by Abubakar Audu, a former governor who was excluded by INEC from participating in the 2007 elections. On February 6, 2008, the Court of Appeal upheld this ruling and ordered a new election to be held within three months. President Umaru Yar'Adua ordered the Speaker of the Kogi State Assembly to take over as acting governor.[1]
Idris re-ran for the governorship on the PDP ticket, challenging Abubakar Audu (ANPP), Ramat Momoh (PAC) and Yusuf Obaje (DPP).
| Kogi State gubernatorial by-election, March 29, 2008 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes[2] | |||||
| PDP | Ibrahim Idris | 518,581 | |||||
| ANPP | Abubakar Audu | 175,978 | |||||
| PAC | Ramat Momoh | 1,529 | |||||
| Democratic People's Party | Yusuf Obaje | 1,259 | |||||