Edo 2020: Kogi residents pledges 37, 000 votes for Ize-Iyamu
Indigenes of Kogi State resident in Edo have endorsed the All Progressives Congress APC Governorship candidate for the September 19 governorship election Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, just as they vowed to deliver 37, 000 votes to him,
The Kogi indigenes who also pledged to give Ize-Iyamu the maximum support if elected as governor of the state said they have been mandated by the Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to vote massively for Pastor Ize-Iyamu as candidate of the APC.
President General, Kogi State Indigenes in Diaspora world-wide HRH, Alhaji Bako Eberedelu Dogwo (JP) stated this during a press conference held on Sunday in Benin, the state capital.
Alhaji Bako assured that all elders, sons and daughters of the state are being mobilized and sensitized towards giving the party’s governorship candidate a resounding victory at the polls.
According to him, the measures was aimed at making sure that the people resident in Edo state do not disappoint their home state governor, Yahaya Bello, whom he said would soon be accorded a rousing welcome to the Heart Beat state during the APC campaign.
He specifically lamented that indigenes of Kogi state resident in Edo state have not had a fair share of their active participation in the emergence of previous governments, particularly, in the area of appointments.
The leader of the people maintained that it was due to neglect meted on them that they have resolved to make a massive and straight jacket votes for the APC so that they would this time be given a fair share and place of pride in the scheme of thing in the state.
He said in the past, indigenes of Kogi domiciled in Edo have been participating actively in the electoral process with nothing to benefit but that because of the Alhaji Bello’s directive they have resolved to perform that civic responsibility once again.
“We have been directed by the governor of our state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to deliver all our votes to the APC and support its gubernatorial candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu come September 19 general election. We are indigenes of Kogi State domicile in Edo State. We spread across the 18 local government areas of the state with population of 37,000.
“We are players in all sectors of the economy in Edo contributing to its development by paying our taxes to further enhance economic development. Politically, we cast our votes in the state”, he said
Alhaji Bako further stressed that, “Though, the Kogi State Indigenes domicile in Edo have been participating in the electoral process in the state, they have never benefited anything from previous administrations but because of our, governor, we have resolved to do it again.”
“We have swing into action to carry the message to the rural areas where our people reside to sensitize them on the directives of our governor and I have no doubt that come September 19, we will deliver for APC in Edo”, he declared.
