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Kogi PDP governorship aspirant,Musa Wada has never thought of fanning embers of tribalism against other major tribes in Kogi in his parley with the media,Austin Okai has saidThe clarification became necessary in view of the ongoing misinformation,coloration and sensationalism on the interview he granted on the AITAccording to Deputy Director Public Communications to Musa Wada, Austin Usman Okai said his response was based on the numerical strength of the people of Kogi east,controlling over 40 percent of the voting population of the state,even though the state belongs to all,democratic tenets believes in numerical strength
Okai said it was part of his response to create an equitable distribution of political offices like Commissioners,Special advisers and other aides of the government across the three geo-political zones in the state when elected in November
He also cited the state like Benue, were the Tivs have been controlling the political leadership since the creation of the state,such scenario may not be inapplicable in Kogi stateEngineer Musa Wada,according Usman Okai clarified that the idomas,Igedes,Etulos and other smaller ethnic languages in Benue had not been under coercion to support the major ethnic tribe, but due to political exigencyIn Kogi,ours is a different ball game,because we had now an ebira governor from the Central,two former Ag governors from the West and also the Central as Providence has it,Okai clarified
Okai promised that Musa Wada will carry along all major and minor ethnic tribes in Kogi, when elected as the next governor in Kogi ,by November, urging the people to disregard any other information to discourage the Kogi public’s
