Disregard Delegates’ List For Kogi Guber – Group Urges Sen Adamu

A concerned All Progressives Congress (APC) body known as Kogi Mandate Group, has urged the party’s national chairman, Sen Abdullahi Adamu to disregard a purported delegates’ list sent to him for the November Kogi governorship election.

Kogi’s governorship election is coming up in November, as Gov Yahaya Bello’s tenure ends on January 27, 2024.

The political parties’ primary election comes up in April ahead of the poll.

But the Group, through its solicitors, Atlanta Partners, based in Abuja, had in a letter dated February 15, alleged that the list was allegedly concocted in Kogi Government House without following due process specified in the Electoral Act

In a letter titled, “Complaint/appeal against the submission of purported delegates names/list in respect of Kogi Primary Election for 2023 Governorship election,” lead counsel to the group, Promise Ogbodu threatened to go to court if the right thing was not done by the state party leadership.

Ogbodu said, “We are solicitors to Kogi Mandate Group and its leaders, Messrs Audu Sule, Isah Yahaya and Ahmed Momoh, hereinafter referred to as our clients on whose instruction we write.”

He explained that Kogi Mandate Group was an association of APC members spread across the three senatorial districts of Kogi, who have irrevocably committed themselves to marketing APC and its policies.

“Our clients, the leaders of Kogi Mandate Group are committed, loyal and productive members of the party, APC and are desirous of contesting delegates election in respect of the forthcoming governorship primary election in Kogi State.”

The solicitors said their clients had information that while they and their members were eagerly and patiently waiting to contest for and serve the party as delegates in the forthcoming primary election for 2023 governorship election in Kogi State, a purported delegates’ list for the primary had been submitted to the party.

Açcording to the lawyer, this prompted the complaint/appeal for total rejection and/or cancellation of the list.

“At no time whatsoever was any information/notice of congress at ward level or any other level for delegates election for Kogi State 2023 governorship primary election given to the members of the party, including our clients.”

He said that not even at the stakeholders meeting of February 6, at Kogi Government House, Lokoja, was any issue concerning or touching on delegates’ election for Kogi 2023 governorship primary election raised or discussed.