I am Sam Aro Bamidele the deputy governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 2019 governorship election of Kogi state. It has become imperative for me to write; the election conducted on November 16th 2019 in Kogi State is extremely consequential to our social political, economic and spiritual life.
The Governorship election of November 16 2019 is the worst election ever in the history of Kogi State, Nigeria, Africa and Mankind, democracy have never been this bad in any part of the world!
It baffles me as much as it pains me, that Kogi state have become the global headquarters of political notoriety, absurdity, gangsterism and heartlessness. Again, Kogi state has broken the world record of the most irresponsible election in the history of mankind.
Our people were resolved and resolute to throw away a government of rascality and ineptitude but they were resisted with the most vicious, barbaric and beasty elements, all in the name of democracy. Spraying bullets from Helicopters to scare away innocent citizens and voters, gunning little children, thugs and hoodlums were haranguing and macheting innocent voters, stealing ballot papers, abducting electoral officers, fraudulent and arbitrary writing of electoral results. In the course of this election over 10 people died and scores were wounded, post-election brigandage and arson continued when a respectable woman, wife and mother (Mrs Abuh) of 60 years in age was burned down with her house in Ofu LGA of Kogi State by APC thugs. Everything about this election is stained with blood and inhumanity of man to man. There concocted victory is dripping with blood! The blood of the innocent that were spilled because of their unbridled lust for power.
People of Kogi State I share in your pain, they are celebrating their blood-stained victory but sadly we bury our sisters, brothers, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, relatives and friends that were slain cheaply just because some people want power by all means, we are embarrassed and betrayed by system that has insulted our dignity by recognizing a dirty and fraudulent electoral process. They have taken us backward, 50 years backward plundering us into where we have long forgotten about, they have strangulated our social evolution, political and economic journey. Yahaya Bello took us backward to the same level of his mind; a mind that is hollow, dark, timid and chaotic but we shall rise and we shall take it back!
Make no mistake! We will fight the course and we shall get back our victory, we are heading to court and we will press home the facts beyond all reasonable doubts. The APC government is carrying fire in her bosom and it will burn them. A stolen mandate is a burden and a course, a lot of politicians are alive to bear witness to it! They call disaster a victory: A victory of blood, a certificate of blood and a government of blood! The consequence of this election goes far beyond the ordinary, this election will hunt them down like never, they have paved the way for their own tragedy, “he who laugh last laugh best” the people of Kogi State will enjoy the movie when the law of Karma makes a bloody drama out of them, no one declares suffering, violence, oppression, cheating on innocent people and expect to go free. Those who stab democracy in the back don’t ever go scot free, Hitler tried it he ended up with his own gun by his head, Abacha tried it he ended up with the forbidden apple, tragedy is roaming their heads and it will land on their household.
Like responsible and decent citizens which we are, we will take our case to court, but the blood of the innocent will take their case to hell, where the language is vengeance, vengeance and vengeance.
Victoria Acerta
Chief Bamidele Samuel Aro
Deputy Governorship Candidate Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2019 Kogi State