By joshua 
Make good your promises to opposition political parties in Kogi State, APP 2023 Governorship Candidate appeals to Gov. Ododo
Dr. Onaji Frank. Former Governorship candidate of Action peoples party APP in the 2023 Kogi Governorship election has asked Gov. Usman Ahmed Ododo to make good his promises to the opposition political parties in the State.
He noted that prior to the Governorship election, the Governor promised to carry them along. He noted that Hon Ibrahim Itodo, former Chairman of Inter Party Advisory Council contributed honestly to the growth and development of APC in Kogi State, said his resolve to always support the ruling party in Kogi State has been his trajectory in politics.
Unfortunately his innovation and plead to support APC in 2023 Governorship election alongside some of us is today a charade because we’ve nothing to show for it.
It’s most disheartening that all our efforts through the preparation of candidates of about 10 political parties that collapsed their structures to work for APC was not recognized for the all inclusive governance promised.
Though Hon Ibrahim Itodo has not also been remembered, we’ll not forgive him to have lead us into fruitless and clueless administration that can not keep promises.
We are worried and angry with Hon Itodo because 2023 Governorship election was one of the most contentious Governorship election held so far since the creation of kogi State. To worsen the matter His Excellency, Governor Usman Ahmed Ododo promised that the political parties and their candidates that stepped down for him shall be adequately compensated, but unfortunately what we noticed was the romance of other politicians in PDP and SDP that gave us a fight during the struggle that were brought in to form government.
We didn’t learn our lesson, when the local government election came, Governor Ododo also had an engagement through Hon. Hadi Ametuo Special Adviser on political matters. The Governor still in his humility appealed to political parties to cooperate for a harmonious working relationship and we yeilded through the IPAC Chairman, Hon Iliyas Badanga in collaboration with the majority of all the political parties to have a peaceful election devoid of rancour and aggression because what’s sacrosanct on our mind is to have a kogi of our dream not geared towards selfishness and greed,but still. Nothing to show in terms of even a Special Assistant appointment.
During the collation of results all the political parties in support of APC added their voices in countering the agitations to cancel the results because of what many perceived as over voting but we stood our grounds to defend what we know best on the field during the election.
We are using this channel to appeal to Hon Ibrahim Itodo, Hon Hadi Ametuo, Special Adviser Political and the Executive Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo and lastly the modern political leader, a sagacious administrator, an iroko, a caterpillar and Bulldozer the man God has lifted, former Governor Alh Yahaya Adoza Bello on whose legacy we stood to bear all odds to stand in the gap as always to see that the relationship is cemented and concretised because there’ll always be another election.
Signed
Dr. Onaji Frank. Former Governorship candidate, Action peoples party, APP, in the 2023 Kogi Governorship election