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Kogi Poll: 10 Senatorial Aspirants Stepdown For Adeyemi, Adopt Bello
Ahead of the November 16 gubernatorial and senatorial poll in Kogi state, ten out of fifteen Senatorial aspirants have stepped down for the All Progressive Congress senatorial candidate Senator Smart Adeyemi.
The senatorial candidate also adopted Governor Yahaya Bello as their governorship candidate in the forthcoming governorship election.
The candidates under the coalition of Kogi West candidates disclosed this on Tuesday in Lokoja at a press conference.
Spokesperson of the group, Bode Adeyemi (ADC candidate) said “Our decision is informed by current political exigencies, demands of our party structure and the need to alter a one direction political reality of Kogi State since 1992 which always produced successive governors of the state from one ethnic group, five uninterrupted times since the creation of the state.
“The above scenario is inequitable, unjust, unfair and demanding the concerns of all; thus the need to bury our aspirations.
“The election of Governor Yahaya Bello has automatically reversed the one ethnic group dominance of the gubernatorial seat and established a process for equitable power sharing that is fostering unity, fairness and equity as against the previous ethnic propensity, tribal bias and nepotism, hence his re-election will obviously stamp the present political order.
“We have weighed the factors that will inform voting on the 16th of November, the intricacies, previous political realities, ethnic considerations and other germane issues,and took a decision we consider will be best for the state.
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“As important stakeholders to the November 16 Gubernatorial election and Senatorial election, we have reviewed the obvious realities, appraised the political journey of the past and have resolved collectively, to defer our ambitions till future election year and support the All Progressive Congress in the November 16 Gubernatorial and Senatorial election.
“By this decision we have instructed our agents in all the polling units, canvassers and coordinators across board to campaign, work, mobilize and vote for all the APC candidates for the November 16th election.”
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