Okun People Pledge Loyalty To Ododo, Bello, APC

The people of Okun land in Kogi State have passed a vote of confidence on Governor Usman Ododo, his predecessor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

They condemned the comments credited to one Bashorun Adeyemi against Ododo and his predecessor, saying that Bashorun was only a mouthpiece of some Abuja-based politicians and not authorised to speak on behalf of the Okun people.

Addressing a press conference in Lokoja yesterday, the coordinator, Okun United for Justice, Eniola Olayemi, said the Okun nation was not known for ethnic bigotry and was fully committed to the success of the present administration in Kogi State.

Olayemi said the immediate past governor of the state was the most successful in the history of the  state, adding that the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State was free, fair and credible.

“To set the record straight, Bashorun Adeyemi has no right whatsoever to speak for or on behalf of the Okun nation. He was just the mouthpiece of some Abuja-based political jesters who failed in their political conquest agenda on the Okun people and the people of Kogi State.

“The Okun nation is made up of intellectual giants and we are known to be grateful people. The establishment of the Kogi State University, Kabba has wiped away our shame as a nation.

“The Kabba Township roads rehabilitation, construction of the GYB Model Secondary School at Okebukun, establishment of a rice mill at Ejiba, building and equipping of an GYB Modern Hospital in Isanlu as well as the remodelling of GDSS Takete Ide, among others, are enough to remain grateful to the administration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello, forever.

“An Okun man or woman doesn’t repay good with evil. That was the reason our people in all the towns and villages came out in their numbers to vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the November 11, 2023 polls,” he said.

“Okun is not known for ethnic sentiments. Our judgment is based on who will deliver good governance. The Government of APC showed beyond doubt that Okun is at the centre of its plans, and our results showed clearly where we belong.

“We make it categorically clear that the election of November 11, 2023 in Kogi State was free, fair and credible. No incident was recorded in Kogi West and Kogi Central from their dust of defeat to throw tantrums on the intelligence of the Okun nation,” he said.