2023 Presidency: "Why I Worked for Tinubu as ADC Member," Kogi Gov Candidate Abejide Reveals
- ADC governorship candidate in Kogi state, Leke Abejide, said he worked for President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 election
- Abejide said President Tinubu is a leader to him, and his loyalty is tied to the president irrespective of the party he belongs to
- He said he does not consider his support for President Tinubu in the February 25 election as an anti-party activity
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Kogi state - The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kogi state, Leke Abejide, has revealed why he supported President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25 election.
As reported by Vanguard, Abejide said he worked for Tinubu because the president was his leader and would remain his leader irrespective of the party he belonged to.
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I worked for Tinubu in the 2023 election
He stated this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, October 6.
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He explained that his action is tied to his loyalty to President Tinubu and does not consider his action as anti-party.
“Asiwaju got almost the same result I got in my ward. I worked for Tinubu; I worked day and night and campaigned as a member of the ADC.”
“That one is not anti-party. Asiwaju is our leader. My origin is APC, and right from time, even till tomorrow, any party I go to, Asiwaju remains my leader.”
INEC releases final list of Kogi governorship candidates
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) on Tuesday, June 6, released the final list of candidates for the November 11 governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states.
INEC national commissioner and chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made this known in a statement released on Tuesday.
Kogi 2023: Labour Party collapses structure for APC in 21 LGA
Ahead of the much-anticipated governorship election in Kogi state, the Labour Party (LP) collapsed its structure for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 21 local government areas of the state.
On Friday, October 6, all the LP chairmen in all 21 LGAs defected to the ruling party with just a month to the crucial election.
The defectors were received by the state APC chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, at the Lugard House, Lokoja.
Source: Legit.ng
