Edward David Onoja

Edward Onoja is Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Nigeria. He hails from Odidoko-Emonyoku in Ogugu District of Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. He was the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kogi State before assuming the office of the Deputy Governor of Kogi State on the 21st of October 2019 following the impeachment of the Deputy Governor Simon Achuba by the Kogi State House of Assembly.

Before being elected as the Deputy Governor on November 16th, 2019 general elections, Edward became Head of Campaigns and Chief Strategist for the Yahaya Bello Campaign Organization. He led a team of hitherto unknown, but equally passionate, youngsters into all the nooks and crannies of Kogi State canvassing for his candidate. The All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated an incumbent People's Democratic Party (PDP) governor to make Yahaya Bello the 4th Executive Governor of Kogi State. Edward Onoja served as Chief of Staff to Yahaya Bello until his assumption as the Deputy Governor weeks to the election.

Edward David Onoja was appointed the Director-General, APC Campaigns for the 2019 General Elections in Kogi State. He discharged that assignment with unprecedented results. The APC won 25 out of the 25 state constituency Assembly seats in Kogi State. The party also won seven (7) out of the nine (9) federal constituency seats in the state and 2 out of the 3 senate seats. Based on the recent ruling of the elections tribunals nullifying the only Senate seat lost by the APC, it does appear that Edward Onoja made a clean sweep of all 3 Senatorial seats in Kogi State.