{"id":109469,"date":"2023-12-02T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=109469"},"modified":"2023-12-02T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:39:09","slug":"dont-burn-down-our-state-over-defeat-bitterness-kogi-youths-women-tell-sdp-candidate-ajaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dont-burn-down-our-state-over-defeat-bitterness-kogi-youths-women-tell-sdp-candidate-ajaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t burn down our state over \u2018defeat bitterness\u2019, Kogi youths, women tell SDP candidate, Ajaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1784171980431147418\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scores of Kogi youths and women from across the three senatorial districts of the state have called on the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 11 gubernatorial election, Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, and his supporters not to burn down the state over the candidate\u2019s inability to come to terms with what they called his overwhelming defeat.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe youths said the state belonged to all indigenes and residents alike irrespective of political, tribal or religious leanings, adding that nothing must be allowed to affect the peace they had enjoyed for over seven years under the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello.<\/p>\n<p>The youths and women, who marched through the major streets of Lokoja on Friday during a peaceful protest, said the past governorship election was the freest and fairest in the history of the state but urged aggrieved parties who might still want to contest its outcome to go about it in line with laid down guidelines instead of harassing the electoral umpire and the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>One of the protesters, who simply identified himself as Dele, called on security agencies to rise up to the occasion and preserve the peace that had been enjoyed in the state, while also imploring the Governor-elect, Usman Ododo, to ensure that the incumbent\u2019s legacies in the area of security were sustained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuritala Ajaka and these few SDP supporters should not overheat the polity unnecessarily. We take serious exception to these actions of wanting to burn down the state. Elections have come and gone and someone has won. If you\u2019re aggrieved, follow the right channel,\u201d the protester said.<\/p>\n<p>Another protester, who spoke on behalf of the young women, Ireti Olukomogbon, noted that they were surprised that the SDP candidate was trying to set the people against INEC over his incessant and unfounded allegations against the electoral umpire.<\/p>\n<p>She said the election of November 11 in Kogi was free and fair while appealing to the SDP candidate and supporters to embrace peace and work together with the candidate that has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKogi people have shown clearly that they stand with the Kogi Agenda with their votes. If you\u2019re aggrieved, go to court the proper way. As for the youths and women demography, we will support Alhaji Usman Ododo to succeed,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of Kogi youths and women from across the three senatorial districts of the state have called on the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 11&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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