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Since the announcement and the judgement of the Court of Appeal Abuja nulifying the election of Senator Dino Melaye,Kogi west,the corridor of power,Lugard house has not known peace in view of the next month’s Governorship election in Kogi
Intensive lobbying and sharp practices cum movement to change or influence a new date of the election commence in earnest,after INEC eavesdrop the Kogi public that the election may hold same day, along with the November I6 Kogi guber
The restlessness on the part of APC in Kogi and governor Yahaya Bello’s camp became obvious, that the electoral umpire has to retract his earlier statement that a decision has not been reached
The fear of Senator Dino Melaye election in Kogi west, will be the beginning of wisdom for Governor Bello’s camp,that are already jittery of the success of his party in the next election, going by the enlightened nature of the Okuns
This reason became germane going by the recent non committed statement from the Okuns towards the re-election of Alhaji Yahaya Bello and the preference of Senator Dino Melaye, to Senator Smart Adeyemi who appear to be sustaining the engine room of bad governance on the people of the area and kogi at large
Knowing fully well all these position of the Okuns,Kogi governor in his usual gimmicks made frantic efforts to prevail on INEC for a staggered election,to give way to armed thugs and hoodlums to hijack the process and declare Smart Adeyemi as senator representing kogi west
The Lugard house Lord’s has criss-crossed the entire lenght and breadth of this country, to ensure a process of staggered election to no avail,as INEC yesterday finally annonunced the Kogi west election date for November 16 same as the goverrnorship election
Since the official announcement yesterday,extreme quitude has sent shivers down the veins of Lugard house occupants,as the announcement seems to be the verdict of the next goverrnorship election in Kogi state
The lion of Lugard house has expressed extreme dissapointement and dejection at the decision of the electoral umpire, that obviously is irreversible towards November 16 exercise
Whatever the case may be, INEC decision has come to stay as build up to the electioneering Campaign for Kogi Guber, will be side by side with Dino’s Kogi west
Okuns known for politics of development and advancement going by their origin and offshoot ,will have preference for leadership with human capital developement templates, Infrastructural development,social services,and obvious elements of good governance, lacking in the current order of Alhaji Yahaya Bello of Kogi
With Okun down for PDP victory,Kogi east will be a walkover ,and the Central to be shared along main opposition and the APC,Yahaya Bello is set to loose the next month’s election in Kogi
