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The plan of some individuals working for one of the Kogi West Senatorial aspirants, Mr. Toyin Akanle to unleash series of attacks on Rt. Hon Matthew Kolawole has been uncovered. The planned attacks is being coordinated by one Dayo Akanmode who is the Director- Genaral of Akanle Campaign Organisation.
As a preliminary to the attacks, the said Dayo Akanmode who is expected to be a good citizen considering his royal background, had on Sunday September 1, 2018 issued a false, disjointed, mischievous and malicious press statement in which he alluded that there were protests against the outcome of the September 1, 2018 meeting of Kogi West APC Stakeholders in Government House, Lokoja where discussions were held on how to enhance the fortunes of APC aspirants to various offices in the upcoming general elections of the party, putting into consideration the various candidates’ scope of acceptability, strength, experience and ability to win the general election.
The press statement however reveals how desperate and petty Mr Akanmode and his principal are. The desperation has been taken to a crescendo by this recent attempt to blackmail everyone to accepting him, Akanle, as the best candidate for the job.
Sadly, Akanle is being blinded by an already plagued ambition without consideration for the interest of the party and its ability and to win the election. Akanle who was only able to garner less than 3000 votes when he contested the Senate seat under the platform of SDP in 2015 is ironically holding himself up in comparison to an individual who has previously overwhelmingly won the elections into the senate on two occasions.
Akanle and Akanmode are fast degenerating into political bullies with the obvious dwarfing chances of the former to realise his senatorial ambition. This could only be the reasonable explanation for Mr. Dayo Akanmode to gatecrash and attempt to force himself into a gathering of the stakeholders invited. He was however only sighted in the premises of the Government House loafing around moments after the meeting.
His statement as contained in the said press release was directly opposite of what transpired at the stakeholders meeting. One would however take his statement as the weeping of a drowning man coveting all available help.
The attack is planned to be hatched through media blackmail across the media space, protests in major towns across Western Senatorial District and a protest march to the Government House and House of Assembly.
A students union leader of Yagba extraction has being contracted and handsomely paid to recruit miscreants that will participate in the protests across Okun communities and Lokoja/Koto. The intention of Dr. Toyin Akanle and his cohorts is however to give a false impression to the Governor that he is very popular across the western district.
The second phase of the plan is to sponsor Lokoja/Koto boys to protest to the Government House and House of Assembly Complex demanding the immediate removal of Kolawole as Speaker and replacing him with someone from Lokoja/Koto. The planners of the evil acts however put to the fore their self inflicted ignorance and lack of knowledge of the political dynamics of Kogi West. They fail to realise that Kogi West comprises of 3 Federal Constituencies out which Lokoja/Koto has in the past produced 8 Speakers of the Assembly, while Yagba Federal Constituency has produced Speaker twice. Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu is producing the Speaker for the first time.
It is our humble admonition to all the youths who may be tempted to participate in the planned protest due to the promised financial rewards to desist from such ill motivated and selfish act of the desperate individuals.
We also want to invite the security agents to mount surveillance around these individuals to forestall acts that are capable of causing breakdown of law and order.
Akanle and Akanmode should however note that, no amount of blackmail would force the Kogi West Stakeholders to present any individual with dwarfed chances of making it at the polls. They should note that Kogi West is too strategic to be left in the hands of political weaklings.
His Excellency, Alh. Yahaya Bello has been pragmatic in leadership with his consideration of Federal Constituencies which was not the case in the past and he deserves commendation and not condemnation.
Nobody has prevented Dr. Toyin Akanle from picking the form to contest for any elective position and he should stop crying wolf where there is none.
All Progressives Congress (APC) is waxing stronger in Kogi State and all hands must be on deck by all party faithfuls to put the party first and above personal interest. Dr. Toyin Akanle is advised to tow the path of honor and avoid any act capable of bringing our great party to disrepute.
– Olorunsuwa Elijah Ola
S.A. Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly.
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