There is no doubt that the heat is really on now politically across the entire Nigeria as political parties and politicians are working round the clock to perfect themselves ready for the 2023 general elections. But the attention of the entire stakeholders and good people of Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency have been drawn to the evil attempt as alleged by an insider that a handful individuals have constituted themselves and see themselves as de-facto, a cabal in the real sense of it, who have been using the instruments of office by converging at the Kogi State Government House (Lugard House) Lokoja to manipulate suppress, oppress and doctor or rework who should be chosen as Ad-hoc delegates from the various wards in the constituency, our source confirms that illegal names (their cronies) are being put together to be Ad-hoc delegates thereby perpetrating illegality.
Reliably, we have been informed that some persons close to the power that be in the state have already compiled names of those that will do their bids for anything and at any cost as against what is specified in the Nigerian Electoral Act. Each ward in Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency is expected to present five (5) Ad-hoc delegates for the election of the member of the House of Representatives, but to our amazement, some individuals have positioned themselves in Government House to hand pick and impose their cronies on the good people of the area using Lugard House as cover-up by a group of desperate political appointees as against the laid down law of Nigeria. They are working hard to impose an incompetent person on our people. This is nothing but sheer wickedness and a political coup against our people.
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress APC from Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency in conjunction with all stakeholders, women, youths and the entire electorate will not welcome this ugly attempt to manipulate and trample on the future of our people, we want our people to determine who leads them and not outsiders and persons that have no political weight from the constituency.
We want to use this unique medium to call on His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the Executive Governor of Kogi State not to allow some individuals appointed by him to rubbish his good legacies in the state and they should be advised not to use the name or office of the governor to perpetrate evil and injustice on our people. We are very sure that the governor is oblivious about this new normal in Kogi State APC.
Also, we want to appeal to the state chairman of APC in Kogi State Alhaji Abdullahi Bello and the national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu of the APC to call those state government appointees from Kogi State using their offices to create disaffection and injustice in the constituency to desist from this ignoble act.
We want to call for due process in picking the APC House of Representatives candidate. We don’t want APC to lose out in any election in Kogi State, and we hope that our leaders in APC will prevail on those political appointees to refrain from manipulating and twisting the electoral act to favour a particular APC candidate in the constituency and if they insist in doing what is wrong, the party will meet its waterloo in 2023 election
A word is enough for the wise and a stitch in time, saves nine.
Signed.
Concerned Citizens of
Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency.
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