2027: Kogi Is Blocked, Keyed For APC – Gov. Ododo’s Aide Declares Says State Turned Into Huge Construction Site
By Our Correspondent, Lokoja
The Special Adviser on South-South Mobilization, Abu Micheal, has sent a strong signal ahead of the 2027 general election that Kogi State is blocked and keyed for the All Progressives Congress, APC, and that the party will massively trounce the opposition.
The Special Adviser, who also doubles as Member, Presidential Campaign Council, made the disclosure shortly after the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kogi State International Airport at Zariagi, near Lokoja.
Speaking to a cross-section of journalists, Abu described Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo as a workaholic, and said he has turned the state into a huge construction site.
He described Kogi as a state now positively referenced in the news, and praised the ground-breaking of the 37km Idah-Ibaji road as historic in the last two decades.
According to Abu, what is happening in Kogi today is not politics of noise, but politics of evidence. Roads are being built, an airport is rising from the ground, schools are being upgraded, farmers are being reconnected to markets, and communities long forgotten are finally feeling the presence of government.
The recent ground-breaking of the airport, he said, is another indication that the state is now positioned to be a business and investment destination, in view of the central location of the State in the country.
Kogi, which borders ten states including the Federal Capital Territory, has for decades been described as the gateway between Northern and Southern Nigeria, yet operated without its own airport until the Tinubu administration approved and supported the project. That narrative, Abu said, has now changed.
Abu said the airport, when completed, will unlock trade, tourism, industrial expansion, cargo movement, and direct connectivity for investors, and will place Kogi firmly on Nigeria’s aviation and economic map.
He also pointed to the flag-off on November 9, 2026, of the 37-kilometre Ejule-Ojeba-Unale-Onyedega road, linking Idah to the headquarters of Ibaji Local Government Area, with six new bridges, a 10.3-metre carriageway and a 30-month completion period, as proof that no part of the state is left behind. For over 20 years, that road had been a nightmare, cutting off communities during the rainy season, destroying farm produce, and denying mothers access to hospitals. Today, CCECC is on site.
That, Abu said, is in addition to other ongoing interventions across the state, including township roads in Lokoja, Okene, Kabba and Isanlu, rural feeder roads connecting farmers to markets, the 13-kilometre Odenyi-Oguma-Sheria road in Bassa, the Iyale-Ogane-Enugu road in Dekina, 28 schools across 21 local government areas under the World Bank-assisted AGILE programme, including nine schools in Kogi East, and the regulation and formalisation of artisanal mining in Enjema, Ankpa, where legitimate miners are now treated as partners in progress, not criminals.
What has secured the Governor’s effort, Abu stressed, is the optimal security arrangement he has put in place, which has made the State a safe place for businesses to thrive. Through strategic support for security agencies, investment in community vigilantes, sustained logistics, and support for highway patrols including the donation of 10 electric patrol motorcycles to the FRSC, major highways and farming communities have become safer, and farmers who once abandoned their farmlands in parts of Kogi East and West are gradually returning.
He lauded the administration as a work in progress on a daily basis, with the state now the envy amongst the comity of States.
Abu, who is also the President of Southern States resident in Kogi State, made up of Edo, Delta, Cross River, Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom States, said the endorsements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Ododo for the 2027 general election are well intended for consolidation and sustainability.
According to him, the Southern community in Kogi has watched governance up close, lived in the state, done business in the state, and raised families in the state. Their endorsement, he said, is not based on sentiment, but on performance, on security, on infrastructure, and on a Governor who does not allow political disagreements to determine the distribution of development.
“Even if you hate Ododo, please love development. A child should not be denied food because the parents disagree. I am here for development, and I will not be distracted,” Governor Ododo had declared at the Idah-Ibaji flag-off, a statement Abu said captures the spirit of the administration.
With the airport rising, roads opening up rural Kogi, schools being rebuilt, miners being formalised, and security holding firm, Abu said the message ahead of 2027 is clear: Kogi is blocked, Kogi is keyed, and Kogi is for APC.
