The member representing Yagba East/West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Leke Abejide, has joined the race for the governorship of Kogi State.
Abejide, who obtained the governorship form on the platform of the Action Democratic Party (ADC) in Abuja on Monday, said he joined the race because the people of Kogi needed him.
He said the state was in a bad shape and needed to reclaimed.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had fixed November 11, 2023 for the conduct of the governorship election.
He said, “Kogi is going down and if we do not take it now, it would atrophy away completely. our people are not getting their salary as at when due, those that are getting are getting percentages, some like 20 percent, 15 percent. these I want to erase and that is why I want to become governor.”
On the prospects of the ADC in the state, he said, ,”ADC has prospects. Before I was the only one in the state. Now we have members with me who won seats and we won assembly seats. Those ones that they took away by force, we would reclaim them from court.
“And then, this is not about me. it is about the people. The people are the ones pressurising me because me I didn’t want to come out. They said they see me as the only light that can help them because now they have tasted so many people before I came into House of Reps. They see what I am doing as their House of Reps member, constructing roads, how many kilometres, doing other things like providing water for them. Doing electricity. Giving them free education. Now I am taking care of five local governments, I want to do it across the 21 local governments.”
Abejide who is Okun added, “One of the reason I came out is because it is our zone that is supposed to produce the governor now. And in terms of population we are next to Igala. Igbira is the least but they are governor now. So why shouldn’t we come out so we can make it. and not only me. It is a coalition. Not only ADC. Even APC, part of us is PDP…. I am just the symbol and we will take the state.”