Governor of Kogi State
Ibrahim Idris, an Igala, was chosen as PDP candidate for the 2003 Kogi State governorship election in competition with the Ebira leader, Senator Ahmed Tijani Ahmed. He was elected governor of Kogi State on the PDP platform in April 2003, taking office on 29 May 2003.
Idris was re-elected in April 2007, but later in the year his re-election was nullified on the grounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had wrongly excluded the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) candidate Abubakar Audu from the April 14, 2007 governorship poll. 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 House of Assembly to take over as acting governor.
In a repeat election held on March 29, 2008, Idris was returned as the Governor of Kogi State. His opponent, Abubakar Audu, challenged the result of the by-election on the basis of massive electoral fraud including violence and theft of ballot boxes. Audu also claimed that Idris had used a forged 'O-level' certificate to meet the minimum educational requirement for election.
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