October 20, 2026.
The Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) hereby publishes the official list of elected Local Government Chairmen and Ward Councillors following the Local Government Elections held across the 21 Local Government Areas of Kogi State on October 17, 2026.
The results were announced by the Chairman of KOSIEC, Hon. Mamman Nda Eri, on October 18, 2026.
*Adavi LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Okunchi/Ozuri/Onyineka → Abdulhareem Shaibu
– Ogaminana Central → Suberu Ahuoiza Adija
– Iruvucheba → Salawu Abdul
– Idanuhu .A. → Yusuf Zainab Omeneke
– Adavi-Eba → Yusuf Elizabeth Onozare
– Kuroko I → Abdulazeez Maridiyat
– Kuroko II → Kotu Isa Bello
– Inoziomi/Ipaku → Shaibu Abdullahi
– Ikaraworo/Idob → John Adeiza David
– Nagazi Farm Centre → Onukoko Abdulrazaq
– Ege/Iruvochinomi → Isa Salihu Onuvo
Chairman: Sule Ozovehe Jimoh
*Ajaokuta LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Ebiya North → Akaaba Sabdat Ozioma
– Ebiya South → Sadiku Ismaila
– Abodu/Patesi→ Sadiq Ovati Aino
– Ichuwa/Upabituary Momoh Sheidu
– Badoko → Idris Rukayat
– Ogigiri → Suleiman Ibrahim Idris
– Achagana → Ateiza Onotu
– Adogo → Musa Bamidele Sale
– Odonu/Inosi → Jimoh Ayijmoh
– Omgbo → Femi Onotu
– Upake Obangede → Adubasi Ado Simon
– Ogodo/Adogu → Mikailu Hassana
– Old Ajaokuta → Ibrahim Seratu Lami
– Geregu/Ganaja → Yinusa Sanusi
Chairman: Mohammed Haruna
*Ankpa LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Ojoku 4 → Stephen Aladi Victoria
– Ojoku 3 → Idris Ishaka
– Ojoku 2 → Akor Hassan Shaibu
– Ojoku 1 → Usman Haruna
– Enjema 4 → Mohammed Ayesat Isma
– Enjema 3 → Nasiru Yahaya
– Enjema 2 → Hudu Musa
– Enjema 1 → Mercy Negedu
– Ankpa 2 → Suleman Mohammed
– Ankpa 1 → Lentena Shaibu
– Suburb II → Nabiu Alhassan
– Suburb I → Hajarat Ahmodu
– Township → Fatimeti Suleman
Chairman: Adama Mohammed Yahaya
*Bassa LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Akuba 1 → Dekina Gwomina
– Akuba 2 → Duniya Gloria
– Ayede Akakana → Noah Keke
– Ozongulo/Kpanche → Jimba Kekeshi
– Ikende → Paul Dogwo
– Gboloko → Shidali Nda Haruna
– Kpata → Ibrahim Idris
– Eforo → Adamu Sekinat Laruba
– Mozum → Abubakar Mariam Talatu
– Ozugbe → Adamu Idris
Chairman: Adama Daruwana
*Dekina LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Dekina Town → Ramotu Ocheni
– Iyale → Achenyo Paul
– Emewe → Isah Suleman
– Odu 1 → Akpa John
– Odu 2 → Usman Nuhu
– Abocho → Salifu Mustafa
– Ogbagede → Rab Mercy Musa
– Adumu Egume → Idris Sheidu
– Ojikpadala → Hamsat Yunusa
– Anyigba → Isiaka Abu
– Okura Olafia → Yesin Ali
– Oganenigu → Gabriel Hassan
Chairman: John Urah Ikani
*Ibaji LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Odeke → Omachefu Godwin
– Ujeh → Edeh Simon
– Iyano → Fredrick Okwute
– Akpanyo → Inelo Miracle
– Unale → Okwudili Johnson Ojima
– Ojila → Henry Atachegbe
– Ejule → Ojattah Achoba
– Ayah → Mary Acholo
– Analo → Gabriel Okolo
– Onyedega → Eleojo Ocheja
Chairman: Alexander Ukwela
*Idah LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Igalogba → Halirat Shaibu
– Owoli Apa → Abdullahi Babangida
– Igecheba → Idachaba Muhammed Ojonugwa
– Ukwaja → Seed Amodu
– Ogegele → Sule Maminetu
– Ede → Abdullahi Isah
– Sabon Gari → Isah Muhammed Idachaba
– Ega → Ejura Usman
– Ugwoda → Fatima Abu
– Ichala → Musa Suleman Ataguba
Chairman: Amodu Akubo Sule
*Igalamela/Odolu LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Avrugo → Martina Ameh
– Ekwuloko → Ladidi Usman
– Odolu → Adams Audu
– Oji-Aji → Comfort Adama
– Akpanya → Kenneth Idanwojo
– Ubele → Fred Benjamin Eneche
– Ajaka 1 → Teni .O. Amodu
– Ajaka 2 → Emmanuel Aruwa
– Oforachi 1 → Abdulkadir Abubakar
– Oforachi 2 → Eleojo Usman
Chairman: Ayuba Shaibu
*Ijumu LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Aiyegunle/Iluhafon → Alegbejo Julius
– Aiyetoro/Iluagba → Shola Shem
– Aiyetoro/Agirigbon → Adekunle Muyiwa
– Iyah/Ayeh → Olorunfemi Shade Sarah
– Odokoro/Araromi/Okoro → Mojuba Emmanuel Adewale
– Aiyere/Arimah → Oloruntoba Friday Bolanle
– Igbolare/Laere → Ipinmisho Musa Olusegun
– Ileteju/Origa → Olayinka Joseph Deji
– Ogale/Aduge → Komolafe Olayinka
– Egbeda Egga/Okedayo → Ogunlade Jethro Bola
– Iyara → Olorunshola Ayo
– Iffe/Ikoyi/Oke-Ijumu → Ehindero Motunrayo Abigail
– Iyamoye/Igbopin → Abegunde Odunayo Iyewumi
– Ekinrin Ade → Ajibulu Abiodun .S.
– Okoro/Igah → Ayodele Adejumole Dorcas
Chairman: Haruna Ibrahim
*Kabba/Bunu LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Asuta → Joseph Segun
– Odo Akete → Folorunsho Taiye Blessing
– Okekoko → Ayo Joachim Oloruntoba
– Odolu → Obaromi Comfort Olufunke
– Aiyewa → Bonidafaiye Titilayo
– Aiyeteju/Kajola → Oyewumi Tokunbo
– Otu → Otitoyomi Elizabeth Lola
– Egbeda → Sunday Ajayi
– Okedayo → Fashagba Alade Michael
– Akutupa-Kiri → Alehile Elisha
– Aiyetoro-Kiri → Baiyeshea Moses Ibikunle
– Iluke → Abayomi Joseph Shogo
– Olle/Oke-ofin → Ayinmode Victoria Foluke
– Odo Ape → Obamiyi Alaba Moses
– Okebukun → Iselewa Tosin Roseline
Chairman: Zacchaeus Dare Michael
*Kogi LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Chikara South → Adamu Chafi Umar
– Chikara North → Alhassan Zaliya
– Gegu-Beki South → Sa’adat Mohammed
– Gegu-Beki North → Usman Shuaibu
– Tawari → Yakubu Faith
– Akpasu → Atahiru Safiya
– Irenodu → Idris Muhammed
– Girinya → Abdullahi Abdulrasheed
– Koton-Karfe South East → Abdulmutalib Aliyu Danjuma
– Odaki Koton-Karfe → Haruna Mohammed Idris
– Ukwo Koton-Karfe → Bilikisu Alhassan
Chairman: Mohammed Abdulrahman
*Lokoja LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Lokoja – A → Olorunpomi Folorunsho Samuel
– Lokoja – B → Ramatu Musa
– Lokoja – C → Muhammed Abdullahi Katu
– Lokoja – D → Adamu Ali Danladi
– Lokoja – E → Umar Aisha
– Kupa North East → Mamudu .N. Momoh
– Kupa North West → Muhammed Isah Katun
– Oworo → Victoria Temitope Solomon
– Kakanda → Umar Musa
– Eggan → Muhammed Hauwa Teni
Chairman: Abdulrahman Hussein
*Mopa-Muro LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Odole – 1 → Amufasaiye Solomon
– Odole – 2 → Ganson Yemisi Grace
– Ileteju – 1 → Elega Dare Olapeju
– Ileteju – 2 → Bamidele Idowu Ester
– Okeagi/Ilai → Abiodun Joseph Folorunsho
– Orokere → Ajayi Mayowa
– Takete Idde/Otafun → Olukotun Eyiwumi Covenant
– Aiyedayo/Aiyedaro → Abraham Daniel
– Agbajogun → Mathew Emmanuel Ojo
– Aiyede/Okagi → Thomas Remilekun
Chairman: Ademola Bello Samuel
*Ofu LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Igo → Akogwu Sunday Akogwu
– Aloma/Okura → Ojochogwu Paul
– Ejule Allah → Idris Mustapha
– Itobe/Okokenyi → Idris Maliki
– Ugwolawo 1 → Zekeri Abdullahi
– Ugwolawo 2 → Paul Lucky Ugwolawo
– Aloji → Ojoma Unekwu
– Ofoke → Fatima Ali
– Ochadamu → Onogwu Joy Uyo
– Obonicha → Moses Adejoh Amedu
– Iboko/Efakwu → Philimon Enebi Musa
Chairman: Musa Mohammed Lawal
*Ogori/Magongo LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Eni → Omole Roseline Omoboni
– Oshobane → Dauda Isah
– Okibo → Edward Blessing Funmilayo
– Okesi → Lawani Olumuniye John
– Ileteju → Ogunmola Daniel Zacchaeus
– Aiyeromi → Aimila Rebecca
– Ugugu → Akpata Ayodele Sylvester
– Obinoyin → Akpata Idowu Peter
– Obatgben → Olufade Mark Sunday
– Oturu Opowuroye → Umoru Kate Yomi
Chairman: Oslako Sunday
*Okehi LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Obeiba 1 → Ganiu Itopa Audu
– Obeiba 2 → Anako Okidi Aishat
– Ikuehi → Abdulmalik Lateef
– Ohueta → Salami Musili Avosuahi
– Oboroke Eba → Shaibu Asuku Ibrahim
– Oboroke Uvete 1 → Musa Suleihat Taiye
– Eika Ohizenyi → Hafsat Abdullahi
– Okaito Usungwen → Ibrahim Kuburat Onozare
– Uboro/Omavi/Ohu → Muhammed Jamiu Chegede
– Obangede/Uhuodo → Momoh Nuhu Idogun
– Oboroke Uvete 2 → Jimoh Yakubu Enesi
Chairman: Ismaila Abdulmalik
*Okene LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Bariki → Bello Abdumumuni Aroke
– Obessa Lafia → Jimoh Dauda .A.
– Onyukoko → Bello Tijani Obanugi
– Idoji → Aliyu Ohunene Kurietu
– Orietesu → Imam Jibril Onusaba
– Otutu → Muhammed Rashaidat
– Okene-Eba/AG → Zuberu Salamat Ohunene
– Obehira Uvete → Umar Mamman Enesi
– Obehira Eba → Jimoh Muhammed Adabara
– Abuga/Ozuja → Isah Shefiya
– Upogoro/Oden → Salawu Nusa
Chairman: Bello Tijani
*Olamaboro LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Imane I → Okeme Samson
– Imane II → Clement Mercy
– Ogugu I → Faith Okoh
– Ogugu II → Igba Michael Eleojo
– Ogugu III → Abutu Samuel
– Olamaboro I → Ojonufedo Sunday
– Olamaboro II → Zainab Ogbu
– Olamaboro III → Hauwah Hope
– Olamaboro IV → Joy Abuh
– Olamaboro V → Sanni Idoko
Chairman: Achor Emmanuel
*Omala LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Abejukolo I → Ojogbane Acheneje
– Abejukolo II → Yusuf Abutu
– Opoda/ Ofejiji → Dorcas Musa
– Bagana → Joseph Onu
– Okpatala → Hassana Audu
– Akpacha → Hussaini Hauwa
– Bagaji → Moses Salifu
– Icheke Ajopachi → Shuaibu Haruna
– Ogodu → Bashiru suleiman
– Oji-Aji → Comfort Ibrahim
– Olla → Suleiman Abubakar
Chairman: Edibo Ameh Mark
*Yagba East LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Ife-Olukotun I → Woslat Adewunmi
– Ife-Olukotun II → Omonori Avosuahi Victoria
– Ponyan → Alabi Funke Precious
– Aluigbagun/Oranre → Hajia Olusegun Selifat Abidemi
– Ejuku → Hassan Ibrahim
– Jege/Okeagi/Ogbom/Isa → Femi Ayeni
– Makutu I → Opeyemi Afolabi
– Makutu II → Aderopo Daniels
– Itedo → Asaju Ayodeji
– Ilafin/Odofin/Odo-ogba → Femi Christian Tope
Chairman: Joshua Dare Monday
*Yagba West LGA*
Councillors (by ward):
– Ejiba → Joash Emmanuel Oluwasanya
– Odo Eri Okoto → Fatola Comfort Oluseyi
– Odo Ere Oke Ere → Adekunle Ademara
– Isanlu Esa/Okoloke → Owolabi Kayode
– Iyamerin/Igbaruku → Ayodele Faith Abosede
– Odo Ara Omi Ogo → Emmanuel Margret Funmilayo
– Ogbe → Olayemi Toyin
– Oke Egbe I → Yeyesoko Olusegun
– Oke Egbe II → Oshagbemi Femi
– Oke Egbe III → Awarun Mayowa
– Oke Egbe IV → Ajayi Olalekan Emmanuel
– Odo Egbe I → Folayemi Marion
– Odo Egbe II → Oshatoba Felicia Ranti
– Odo Egbe III → Folashade Felicia Funmilayo
Chairman: Olokun Tosin
