The Kogi Equity Alliance (KEA) has openly mocked the Kogi East Elites Forum over its latest press release, describing the group as “a fear-stricken WhatsApp committee desperately trying to look important in public.”
In a blistering reaction on Tuesday, KEA’s spokesperson, Ahmad Ibrahim, said the forum’s statement “resembles the tantrum of a group shocked by its own irrelevance,” and accused it of attempting to insert itself into a conversation far bigger than its membership size, structure, or influence.
According to KEA, the group’s sudden outburst over Senator Sunday Steve Karimi’s remarks at the 2025 Kabba Day Celebration proves only one thing: the call for equity hit them where it hurts most — their political comfort zone.
KEA noted that nothing about the forum’s release suggested intellectual depth or civic seriousness. Instead, it “read like an unsolicited loyalty letter crafted in a hurry, padded with praise-singing, and sprinkled with insecurity.”
“Ordinarily, we would ignore such confusion,” the Alliance said, “but when a micro-group with no address attempts to rewrite the conversation on justice, it becomes necessary to help them return to their correct position — the dustbin of political irrelevance.”
KEA emphasised that Senator Karimi spoke as a statesman, not as the bogeyman the forum tried to paint. He simply restated a logical truth: after 12 straight years of Kogi Central governing, fairness demands a shift in 2027.
“That such basic mathematics destabilised the forum tells Nigerians everything: the truth is their biggest fear,” KEA added.
The Alliance reminded the public that Kogi East never gathered anywhere, never held any congress, and certainly never authorised a fringe association to speak on its behalf. “They represent no traditional council, no political bloc, and no organised constituency,” KEA said. “Their structure begins and ends in a group chat.”
KEA also mocked the “excessive, almost theatrical praise” the forum showered on Governor Usman Ododo, describing it as “a performance so exaggerated it could pass for a campaign anthem.”
“No credible political forum turns a press statement into a love letter. Their desperation was loud, shaky, and embarrassing,” the Alliance said.
KEA stressed that it has never attacked Governor Ododo and has no reason to. “It is their trembling loyalty that exposes them,” the Alliance said. “Only those who benefit from an unjust arrangement panic when equity is mentioned.”
Reaffirming its stance, KEA declared that rotation in 2027 is not a favour — it is justice long overdue. After a combined 12 years of Bello–Ododo leadership from Kogi Central, “no sensible person can argue for another extension unless they are allergic to fairness.”
KEA said the West–East alliance is now a statewide reality, supported by respected traditional rulers, youth organisations, scholars, and civic actors across all districts.
“The forum arrived late to a meeting it wasn’t even invited to,” KEA stated.
“Their press release was not a counterargument. It was a cry for attention.”
The Alliance urged the group to stop dragging the entire Kogi East into its personal anxiety. “Kogi East is too sophisticated to be represented by panic-merchants who cannot fill a conference room,” the statement read.
KEA concluded by advising the forum to calm down and observe quietly as history takes its course.
“Equity is moving. Justice is coming. And 2027 is bigger than their fear.”
