Ahead of Kogi state November 16 governorship election, the facts has emerged why Kogi East may lose the Peoples Democratic Party PDP ticket to a soul and anointed candidate of kogi West or central, over the weekend the leaders of the Kogi central has endorsed Adobanyi Averehi as the only candidate for the PDP for the zones with such pronouncement coming from the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland has send a very strong and clear signal to other part, with Senator Dino melaye, only of kogi West, the development that pose serious threat to Igala dominated majority of kogi East quest to reclaim power soon, THE OBSERVERS TIMES can authoritatively confirmed.
With over 2304 delegates to grab and Kogi East has 985 delegates with nine (9) aspirants.
Kogi West has 849 delegates with only Sen Dino Melaye as their candidate.
Though It is a known fact that aspirants from Kogi East has majority in numbers with Kogi west has only one which is Senator Dino Melaye and Central has only one aspirants a person of Mr Bayo Adobayi the battle is taken shape as everybody may be on his own.
Melaye speaking on ChannelTV yesterday declared that he is the most popular politician today in Kogi political discuss the statement considered to be not far from truth by political analysts in the state,with the eastern part lacking leaders to call the aspirants to order or plan on how to strategically navigate the region from the pending political lost,with the two former governors who suppose to play leadership roles now an interested parties, the Central or kogi West is on a standby to take the advantage of igala political division.
Dekina Federal Constituency have Capt Idris Wada the former Governor in the race running with Eng Musa Wada the younger brother of Capt.Wada also in the race against his own brother, both Musa Wada and Capt.Idris Wada are from Dekina local government, with Mohammed Tetes the former Nigerian Breweries boss also from the Dekina local government contesting for the same position,Rt Hon Emmanuel Omebije the former Deputy speaker of Kogi State Assembly also from Dekina local government jostling for the party ticket with the party forms in his hands makes the number of the aspirants from Dekina, local alone four.
In Ankpa Federal constituency we have the like of Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim,the son of former governor Alhaji Ibrahim Idris Ibro from Omala in the race with Security expert Chief Jospeh Erico, making Ankpa federal constituency aspirants two the same can’t be say of Idah Federal Constituency you have the like of AVM Salihu Atawodi, a renown banker and former Senate aspirant Dr Victor Alewo Adoji, the estate mogul Alhaji Kabiru Sahara, Aviation expert, QS Abubakar Aminu in the race the constituency is divided already with everyone call it a shot the region is polarized, everybody is a leader before the primaries and the development that may not change before the primaries with the political gage into the Kogi east political atmosphere.
Reacting to the political development, the former national legal adviser to the PDP Bar. Kabir Mohammed who is also a strong supporter of Abubakar Ibrahim Ibro campaign organisation have a complete different view, without mincing words, the lawyer and political leader said,Primaries election of any form is not a popularity contest but decision of party critical stakeholders, said primaries is all about delegates insisting that the party delegates always have leaders, ward to wards, local government to local governments and zone by zones, it is strictly political gladiators decisions,” peoples put delegates there and those people will decides where the delegates should go”
AK Salihu, the former Senate aspirant from Kogi Central said he is unaware of any Mr Bayo Adobayi more or less endorsing him as a sole candidate for the region, Salihu revealed that politics is beyond social media talk, and that the duty of getting an acceptable candidate for the PDP in the coming gubernatorial election is a serious business and that he is unaware of Kogi Central taken decision of supporting any candidate from the region.
Hon Sediq Ainoko, the former commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs is of the opinion that the political awareness is now stronger than before that whoever think delegates will be push around this time is living in past, Ainoko said” iam moving round on the field, the delegates understand what they want this time and around and that they too have conscience and know what is good and what is bad, insisting that neither Senator Dino Melaye nor Mr Bayo cant have controls of the delegates from the West or Central
