All Progressive Congress APC  Leaders and stakeholders in Kogi state at the weekend endorsed the governorship aspiration of  Director General Consumer Protection  Council, Dr Babatunde Irukera ahead of the party’s primary election on Wednesday.

Leading party supporters at the inauguration of local government campaign coordinators in Lokoja, the immediate past speaker of Kogi House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Imam described Irukera as the best among the APC aspirants jostling for the party’s ticket to the Nov. 16 governorship election.

“We have the same philosophy in politics which is good governance. We are not out to insult anybody. Our politics is clean politics. We are going to start experiencing good leadership and what is good in Kogi State. Irukera is a man of strong character, unalloyed capacity and competence. I think these features will set him apart from other aspirants.”

The former speaker said one of the leadership peculiar attribute about Irukera remains his closeness to the people.

He added that the declaration is not a sudden orchestrated ambition saying the service call was neither surprising.

Also speaking earlier, the APC State Women Leader, Hajia Fatima Allah-Dey urged women to come out and fight for their freedom and the future of their children saying that they had spent too much time in the dark.

According to her, women had suffered enough following political leaders who did not know their worth adding that: “Come out into the light. We have been groping in darkness, bulldozing our ways in the wrong direction, tight your belt and fight for your freedom.”

Addressing a large crowd during his official declaration, APC governorship aspirant for the forthcoming Kogi governorship election said he is contesting to clean up the system and restore power back to the people.

He said he planned to emancipate Kogi state from socio-economic woes through his HELP Agenda.

Irukera  added that his mission in the governorship race was to clean up the system and restore power back to the people through wholesome pursuit and promotion of Health, Employment, Learning-Education and Prosperity (HELP) with mutual engagement for security.

He said that the state was in dire need of help which he would address through good governance and advised those on the verge of loosing hope as a result of the prevailing hardship in the state not to despair while assuring that help was on the way.

“I want you to tell everybody, your children, our fathers and mothers, tell your brothers, tell your sister, tell workers, pensioners, let one tell 10, those who think its about to end, ‘We Are Better Than This, Help Is On The Way”, he said.

Irukera said the choice of leadership should be freely given to the people adding that, “the time has come for us in Nigeria to choose our leaders based on character and popularity.

“Let us ask questions, if you are millionaire show me your work and how you made your money, if you are a businessman tell us what line of business, we are not going to entrust our destiny into the hands of those who cannot explain the source of their wealth.

“We must change the narratives if Kogi must grow and develop. I will kneel down if need be, I will prostrate and do all it takes to change the narratives of Kogi to a progressive state.

“What Kogi needs is a team which all Kogites must belong to so as to guarantee security” he said.

Furthermore, he also promised to give Agriculture a top priority attention to guarantee food security if elected.

“l have a vision of greater Kogi, you as an individual must be great, I have an Igala agenda, I have an Okun agenda, I have an Egbira agenda, but for the vision to become reality there must be mission which is for you to deliver me.” He said.