By joshua 
To God Be The Glory. Great Things He Has Done.
Permit me to use this medium to thank Almighty God for the overwhelming success recorded at the All Progressives Congress Primary elections for Kogi West Senatorial District.
Words are not enough to express my gratitude to God, the author and finisher of our faith for making the victory happen in his time. May His Name Be Glorified.
I want to particularly and most sincerely thank the leadership of our party in the State State, the Primary Election Committee for coordinating and conducting a very transparent, free, fair and credible exercise.
My humble and most sincere appreciation goes to His Excellency, Gov. Yahaya Bello, for creating the enabling environment that has ensured a peaceful conduct of the Primaries in the State, particularly, Kogi West Senatorial District.
Without overstating the obvious, Your Excellency, your leadership in our dear State, has made it the envy in peace and prosperity, would forever remain indelible in the minds of Kogites.
Equally, I appreciate Leaders, Elders, stakeholders and party faithful of our great party in Kogi West for bringing sustaining the ideals of the APC as a truly progressive, ethical, disciplined party, driven by nation building and national development.
I wish most sincerely to appreciate and thank my fellow contestants; Senator Smart Adeyemi, Dr. Muyi Aina, Chief Mrs Eshanumi Adedoyin and Alh. Mohamed Wambai for not only participating in the primaries, there show of sportsmanship would remain evergreen in my mind.
Permit me to say that the out come of the primary election is an outcome for all the people of Kogi West who we all vigorously seek to serve. I must say at this juncture that it was a contest of brothers, with no winner and no losers. At the end of the process, we all are the winners and Kogi West remains the greatest beneficiary.
To my dear brothers and sister, let me state that yesterday’s Primaries and the final outcome has further reinforced the fact that Kogi West Senatorial District is for all of us and we all won.
Let me use this medium to State that the task of building a virile Kogi West Senatorial District is a collective responsibility. While I have mapped out a wholistic approach to solving our challenges using legislative blueprint if elected, I urged for your support in making Kogi West meet with the yearning of our founding fathers and the individual prosperity desired by our citizens.
As we prepare towards the February 2023 general elections, I will not only reach out and to also seek the collaboration and cooperation of everyone irrespective of position, creed and divide and across board, party faithful well meaning citizens of Kogi West Senatorial District in bringing to fruition the attainment of our collective dreams and aspiration.
In Conclusion, it is my fervent prayers that God Almighty would deligently reward everyone in no small measures to the unquantifiable contribution that has made our victory a collective victory and one that would make the APC win outstandingly in the coming general elections.
Hon. Sunday Steve Karimi, Kogi West Senatorial District APC Flagbearer.