By Musa Bakare.
History does not shout, yet it judges. It walks softly, but records relentlessly. Nations rise and fall not merely through elections, but by how long injustice is permitted to masquerade as order. In Kogi State, history has kept careful account since 1991, who governed, who waited, who benefited, and who bore the burden.
As 2027 draws near, those unsettled by the approaching hour of justice have reached for the oldest weapon of fear: deception dressed as agreement.
The sudden emergence of a so called one term pact, a phantom agreement, hurriedly manufactured aims to obstruct the lawful and moral demand of Kogi West for the governorship. This is not politics; it is panic. It is not strategy; it is resistance to destiny.
Let it be stated plainly: there exists no constitutional, moral, or historical foundation for any such one term arrangement. What is born in falsehood cannot command legitimacy. Destiny is not negotiated in secrecy, and history does not endorse covenants sealed in bad faith. Whatever is built against truth will ultimately collapse under its own weight.
For the avoidance of doubt, our amiable President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and our amiable Rt. Hon. James Abiodun Faleke (MHR) were never and can never be party to such fraud. To invoke their names in this contrivance is not politics; it is sacrilege against truth.
Since the creation of Kogi State, power has resided in only two Senatorial Districts. Kogi East governed for sixteen years. By 2027, Kogi Central will have governed for twelve. Kogi West, the long suffering third pillar, has waited with discipline, labored with loyalty, and endured with restraint. Now the season has changed. Justice, long delayed, has risen to knock.
The sudden resurrection of this one term propaganda is no coincidence. It is the final murmur of a political order that senses its moral authority waning. Unable to confront the truth, it manufactures fear. Unable to win conscience, it traffics in rumors. Unable to halt destiny, it seeks to confuse it. But history is not confused, and justice does not lose its way.
Kogi West is not begging; it is asserting a mandate rooted in balance and fairness. Societies endure not by boastful domination, but by equity. Power hoarded corrodes; power shared heals. A house sustained by exclusion may stand for a season, but it cannot stand for long.
Let those boasting today remember an ancient lesson: power is a trust, not a trophy. Every abuse ripens toward judgment, and every injustice keeps its own record. What is postponed is not forgotten; it merely awaits its appointed hour.
This agitation is not about any individual; it is about fate. It is not driven by anger, but by alignment. Across Kogi West, among professionals and peasants, elders and youths, institutions and grassroots, there is a convergence of conviction: the rotation of power is not negotiable, and 2027 must restore moral balance.
No volume of propaganda can silence history. No forged agreement can annul destiny. And no intimidation can extinguish a people whose time has been prepared by patience and sealed by perseverance.
As 2027 approaches, the message resounds with finality: schemes against history will fail. Kogi West rejects the fraudulent one term agenda propaganda. The march toward equity is irreversible, and the cry for justice will echo until Lugard House reflects the full moral, cultural, and political symmetry of Kogi State.
History has spoken. Destiny has aligned, Kogi West is ready.
– Musa Asiru Bakare is a foundational member of the APC and a political analyst. He writes from Lokoja, Kogi State.
