By Musa Bakare.
In every generation, destiny raises a man whose name becomes the answer to the cries of a people, a man who carries competence like a mantle, loyalty like a covenant, and service like a sacred duty. In Kogi State today, that name is echoing across villages, towns, markets, lecture halls, mosques, churches, and political circles – Hon. Dr. James Abiodun Faleke, the man Kogi State awaits in 2028.
He is not noise, he is not propaganda, he is not trial-and-error governance, he is the steady hand, the trusted voice, and the tested architect of development whose integrity speaks louder than a thousand campaign jingles.
Hon. Faleke is the politician who refused to betray his people, the strategist who never bowed to selfish interests, the loyal disciple of party stability in an era of political prostitution and the statesman whose heart beats with a fierce love for the ordinary people of Kogi State.
While others traded loyalty for mundane gains, Faleke stood firm. While politicians crossed parties like wandering nomads, he remained a pillar. While some turned the state into a battlefield of power, Hon. Faleke lifted Kogi’s name nationally through service, sacrifice, empowerment, and influence.
From his tenure as a multi-term federal lawmaker to his towering role in national politics, Hon. Faleke has delivered leadership with substance, not sentiment. His projects speak. His representation speaks. His integrity speaks.
His humility speaks. And now, the people of Kogi State are speaking louder than ever before – 2027 is the year to bring Faleke home.
Kogi today needs a builder, not a ruler. Hon. Faleke understands infrastructure, human development, and strategic investments.
He knows how to attract federal projects, private capital, and diaspora partnerships. He is the bridge between local aspirations and national power.
Hon. Faleke has good friends in Kogi East, dependable allies in Kogi Central, and great loyalists in Kogi West. He does not divide; he unites. He does not threaten; he reassures. He does not impose; he persuades with results.
Kogi demands Faleke because he carries a clean name.
No baggage. No scandals. No political bitterness. No history of betrayal.
He is a man whose life is a sermon on loyalty, competence, sacrifice, and disciplined leadership. And now, the people themselves are calling him.
From Anyigba to Okene, from Kabba to Lokoja, from Mopa to Ankpa, from Koto Karfe to Ogori-Magongo, from Ajaokuta to Agbaja, from Bassa to Idah, the chorus grows daily – Faleke, this is your time. Come and replicate the reform agenda of Lagos and Abuja in Kogi.
This is not elite politics. It is not a media trick. It is not a backroom arrangement. It is the mass uprising of hope, fired by a people who know their destiny when they see it.
Hon. Dr. James Abiodun Faleke has earned national respect through quiet power and uncommon results. He has: Delivered unmatched constituency development in Ikeja, Lagos, influenced federal appointments and opportunities for countless Nigerians, built networks across the South, West, North, and East, proved exceptional competence in both private and public sectors, stood firmly with the APC as a loyal, dependable pillar from inception.
In 2027, Kogi State is not just choosing a governor. It is choosing a direction, a future, and a destiny. And Abiodun Faleke is that destiny.
He is no longer just an individual, he is a movement, a phenomenon, a political windstorm powered by ordinary Kogites. He is the symbol of what leadership looks like when competence meets compassion and loyalty meets vision.
Those who fear him fear his integrity. Those who resist him resist the will of the people. Those who oppose him oppose the rise, growth and development of Kogi State.
– Musa Asiru Bakare, Member of the APC and Political Analyst, writes from Lokoja, Kogi State.
