Kogi guber: ADC state Chairman, Zonal Leaders , Legislator, declare support for Ododo
IDRIS AHMED, Lokoja.
As the campaigns for the Kogi state Governorship election gets tougher, the Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kingsley Oga, and other top notchers of the party in the state have declared their support to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The ADC chieftains and members, on Friday, reportedly collapsed their entire structure into the APC and endorsed its candidate for the November 11 governorship election, Ahmed Usman Ododo.
Also Hon. Idowu Ibikunle, the only ADC legislator at the Kogi state House of Assembly representing Yagba West State Constituency, has equally declared his support for the APC candidate, saying he would campaign widely for Ododo despite being an ADC House of Assembly member.
Addressing party members during the declaration of support for APC candidate on Friday, Oga affirmed his position as the state chairman of the ADC, but noted that the ADC members in the state had decided to abandon the ADC candidate and work for Ododo.
According to him, among all the governorship candidates for the November 11 gubernatorial election in Kogi State, Usman Ododo, the APC candidate, is the most suitable for the seat.
He said a five-man committee was previously set up to assess all the candidates contesting, and that the committee’s report concluded that Ododo was the right candidate to vote for in the upcoming election.
He emphasised the need to consolidate on Governor Yahaya Bello’s sterling achievements across all sectors, noting that Ododo would continue from where he would stop.
The ADC Chairman commended Governor Bello for the remarkable achievements across the state during his seven and a half years in office.
He also pointed out that, from observations, the APC gubernatorial candidate, would undoubtedly perform well when he becomes the next governor of the state.
Hon. Idowu Ibikunlen, representing Yagba West State Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly, said he contested as an ADC candidate and won his election.
He added that, despite being a member of the ADC, he and his supporters had all decided to vote for the APC candidate in the governorship election.
All three senatorial chairpersons of the ADC also spoke, affirming their commitment to mobilising their people in the ADC to vote en masse for the APC candidate.
It was reported sometimes ago that Hon. Leke Abejide belongs to one of the factions of ADC at the national level contrary to the position of members of the party in Kogi state.
