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Nov. 11 Guber Poll : Kogi West Elders Forum Picks Abejide As Consensus Candidates

...appeals to Dino, Braimoh to support decision

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October 16, 2023
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Nov. 11 Guber Poll : Kogi West Elders Forum Picks Abejide As Consensus Candidates

Hon. Leke Abejide, the Consensus Candidates

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….cites equity, fairness, justice as reasons for says Kogi East, Kogi Central to back Abejide

The coming November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State took a new dimension on Monday as the Kogi West Elders Forum ( KWEF),  announced Hon. Leke Abejide of the ADC as the consensus Candidate for Kogi West Senatorial District for the election.

The Chairman of the forum, retired Maj.-Gen. David Jemibewon announced the choice of Abejide in a statement.

Jemibewon said Abejide was picked over above other candidates contesting the election from the senatorial district after a thorough assessment of their manifesto and painstaking investigations into their backgrounds.

Aside Abejide, other frontline candidates from the Kogi West Senatorial District contesting the election are Senator Dino Melaiye of the PDP and Olayinka Braimoh of AA.

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While Dino is from Ijumu Local Government, Braimoh is from the Kabba/Bunu Local Government and Abejide from Yagba West Local Government.

Kogi West senatorial district comprises of seven local government of Ijumu, Yagba West, Mopa-Muro, Yagba East, Kabba/Bunu, Lokoja and Kogi.

Abejide, the KWEF consensus candidate is currently a second term member of the House of Representatives, representing Yagba Federal Constituency.

According to Jemibewon, other stakeholders with similar objectives that worked with KWEF in the process of picking Abejide as consensus candidates are Okun Development Association (ODA) and Okun Think Thank( OTT).

Jemibewon, a former Minister of Police Affairs then solicited for the support and co-operation of the two other senatorial districts of Central and East for Abejide, the consensus candidate.

He said the appeal for support of the East and Central senatorial districts is hinged on the spirit of equity, fairness and justice.

The KWEF also made a special appeal to Dino and Braimoh, the other two candidates from the Kogi West Senatorial District to give their total support to Abejide, saying that they will “remain as heroes at the end of success.”

Hon. Leke Abejide, the Consensus Candidates

The full text of the statement issued and signed personally by Jemibewon reads thus :  ” PREAMBLE

“The communique of the KWEF on embracing a consensus candidate for the governorship election of November 2023 in Kogi State.

“The communique has become necessary to elucidate the approach of KWEF and how the forum has interceded to endorse a consensus candidate for the West Senatorial District in the forthcoming governorship election.

“Hitherto, KWEF had agitated for power to rotate to the West since 2019.

“The agitation was considered legitimate, reasonable, fair and in the interest of peace, equity, and justice in the state.

“This was because the district had been shortchanged from the power-sharing arrangement to occupy the exalted office of the Executive Governor of the state since its creation in 1991.

“STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT

Consequent to the above, the KWEF worked with other groups like the Okun Development Association (ODA) and Okun Think Thank( OTT) with similar objectives and reinvigorated the mechanism for the demand immediately after INEC released the timetable for the election in early 2023.

“The forum consulted with critical stakeholders in the state and drew the public’s attention to the imbalance in the occupation of the office of the Executive Governor.

“At the same time, it called for correction by supporting a candidate from the West to win the election.

“To achieve this, the KWEF engaged with stakeholders in the state through its Contact and Mobilization Committee.

“The first critical stakeholder to be contacted was the incumbent governor, His Excellency Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello, whom the KWEF met several times between 2019- 23 to plead for support in the legitimate demand.

“KWEF is aware that some other stakeholders from Kogi West Senatorial District made similar visit during the same period.

” The forum consulted further with other stakeholders, especially the prominent political actors in the various parties.

“The Forum and its affiliate groups subsequently visited the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, in August to advance this cause and called for support of the Presidency towards a candidate from the Western Senatorial District as governor of the state.

“The forum believed this was in line with the ongoing democratic demand of many people, tribes, and regions in the country who have been denied a rotation of power.

“The responses the forum got from the Presidency reinforced our position that there was a need for the West to build the rank with the other two senatorial districts of East and Central to gain power in Kogi State.

“CANDIDATE ENGAGEMENT

It was in line with the above that the forum engaged with aspiring candidates for the governorship election in Kogi West and politicians from other districts.

“The forum interacted with all the candidates who obtained INEC governorship forms from the West senatorial district, including those who lost out.

“The engagement continued at the post-primary elections when it was apparent that there were three frontline candidates in the West: Senator Dino Melaiye( PDP), Olayinka Braimoh (AA) and Hon Leke Abejide( ADC), who were individually considered to be qualified to run for the election on their steam but who would divide the votes against the unity of purpose of the people of West Senatorial District.

“THE CANDIDATE ASSESSMENT

The three frontline candidates were invited several times to the forum to understand their preparedness level.

“The three candidates were, however, bent on running for the election on their own.

” It was in light of the above that the forum set up a committee to assess the candidates on essential parameters such as (a) Agenda for Kogi State,(b) acceptability by all the three senatorial districts,(c) spread and reach of campaigns,(d) political experience,(e) political appeal and popularity, (f) Internal party cohesion etc.

“The forum ensured the three candidates were given fair assessments and ratings between August and October.

” Internal elections within the forum were held to supplement the work of the assessment committee of the forum.

“THE CONSENSUS CANDIDATE

Having gone through the stages of engagement and assessment of candidates and based on popular opinion, the highest-scoring candidate among the three frontline candidates in the West Senatorial District was Hon. Elder Leke Abejide of the ADC.

“Therefore, the forum endorses Hon Leke Abejide of the ADC as the CONSESUS candidate for Kogi West Senatorial District in the November 2023 election.

“We hereby solicit for the support and cooperation of everyone in pushing through to victory the consensus candidate in the 11th November 2023 election in the spirit of equity, fairness and justice, the appeal is most especially to the two Senatorial Districts of Central and East and in particular to the other two candidates from the Western Senatorial District who will remain as heroes at the end of success.

“Signed
Gen. D M Jemibewon
The Chairman,
Kogi West Elders Forum (KWEF)
Abuja, Nigeria.”
(vitalnewsngr.com)

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