A group, the Confluence Rescue Mission (COREM), has urged the electorate in Kogi State to make a statement with their voter cards by rejecting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the polls.
COREM, a support group advocating better governance, said the last 12 years under the party had not been good for the state, “hence the need for the people to go for a result-oriented candidate like former Governor Abubakar Audu, whose achievement is yet to be equalled by successive governments.”
Audu of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) left office in 2003.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the weekend announced November 21 and December 5 for elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states.
They are two of the five states that did not participate in the April 11 governorship election.
Dr. Chris Iyimoga, the chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the electoral body, in a statement said final notices of the elections would be issued on August 23 and September 5, “in accordance with the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended)”.
In Kogi, parties will begin campaign on July 24 and it will end on November 19.
In Bayelsa, campaign will start on September 6 and end on December 3.
The conduct of primaries in Kogi will be between August 25 and September 15. In Bayelsa, it will be between September 7 and 30.
The last day for the submission of the names of governorship candidates and their running mates by the parties for election in Kogi State is November 14. That of Bayelsa is October 7.
Briefing reporters yesterday in Abuja, COREM President, Comrade Odaudu Joel, said after an analysis of the problems, it had resolved to restate its support for the aspiration of a former governor, Prince Audu.