The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised embattled Kogi State
Governor Yahaya Bello to read the handwriting on the wall, do himself
good by accepting defeat and stop wasting public funds on fruitless
campaign.
The PDP, according to a statement signed by Kola ologbondiyan “affirms
that it already has the support of over 70 percent of registered voters
in 18 out of the 21 local governments across the state, even ahead of
its official campaign flag-off ceremony in Lokoja on Friday, in
preparation for PDP’s inevitable landslide victory at the November 16
governorship election.
“The party notes that though it has uncovered plots by the APC and
distressed Governor Bello to frustrate the flag-off ceremony, our
members and supporters, in their millions, are already several steps
ahead, ready to confront and stop the APC and Governor Bello on their
trails.
“Since we kicked off our grassroots campaigns in the last few weeks, the
PDP has continued to receive overwhelming support, solidarity and
endorsements from all segments of the voting population including
political leaders and community groups, workers, pensioners, students,
youth groups, business groups, professionals, and a host of other
Kogites who have become despondent with the excruciating misrule of
Yahaya Bello.
“This army of the Kogi people is fully rallied against any plot by the
APC to derail any stage of the electoral process and they will not allow
any infringement by anybody, no matter the machination.
“Governor Bello and the APC ought to have known that it is all over for
them. The spontaneous public jubilation that greeted the retrieval of
PDP’s mandate of Barrister Shaba Ibrahim, for the Lokoja/Kogi Federal
Constituency, at the Court of Appeal, despite the machinations of the
APC, reinforces the imminent triumph of the PDP and the people in the
November 16 governorship election.
“The people of Kogi state are ready for this election and cannot wait to
kick out Governor Bello and vote in their candidate, PDP’s Engr. Musa
Wada as their next governor.
“The PDP therefore calls on all Kogites; including all those that have
been impoverished by Yahaya Bello; those who were unjustly sacked, those
who were orphaned and widowed by this administration as well as all
those desirous of seeing a new Kogi state to continue in their
determination to rescue the state from the repressive rule of the APC.”