House of Representatives member-elect for Yagba Federal constituency, Elder Leke Abejide has debunked allegations that himself and other African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidates in Kogi state were sponsored by Hon James Faleke.
In a statement sent to Kogireports, Abejide described the allegations as irresponsible.
He stated that he abandoned APC for ADC after the party leadership jettison the manifestos on which the party was formed. He asserted that he worked and suffered for whatever the Kogi APC members are enjoying today.
“The attention of Elder Leke Abejide has been drawn to a spurious and irresponsible petition written and signed by one Taofiq Isah, Ijumu Local Government Administrator, two other unknown elements and published in the Punch Newspaper of 20th March 2019 and other media platforms.
“The petition alleged that Hon. James Abiodun Faleke of Ikeja Federal Constituency sponsored me, Asiwaju Leke Abejide, in the just concluded House of Representatives election in Yagba federal constituency.
“Ordinarily, I would have ignored the petition as a mere ranting of ants or rather we should have confined it to the trash bin where it rightly belong or view it as the last effort of a drowning government of APC in Kogi. However, to set the records straight for the unsuspecting members of the public, our teeming supporters and for the dignity and respect of the good people of Yagba Federal Constituency that trooped out in their thousands to elect me as their representative, it is pertinent to respond.
“I, Hon. Leke Abejide, House of Representative Member-Elect for Yagba Federal Constituency, therefore wish to make it unequivocally clear that Hon. James Abiodun Faleke of All Progressive Congress (APC) and member representing Ikeja Federal Constituency has no input, small or big, to my victory at the just concluded National Assembly elections as alleged by Kogi APC leaders.
“I make bold to say that Hon. Faleke did not sponsor any House of Representatives candidates on the platform of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kogi West senatorial district during the National Assembly elections.
“Alleging that I was sponsored by James Abiodun Faleke is inaccurate, fictitious and unfounded, because, this is a man, who while in APC in 2015 spent fortune of his hard earned resources to ensure victory for Late Prince Abubakar Audu of APC.
“It is of note that I, Hon. Leke Abejide and my supporters abandoned APC for ADC after the party leadership jettison the manifestos on which the party was formed and elected. I worked and suffered for whatever the Kogi APC members are enjoying today.
“I am a very successful business mogul capable of sponsoring myself. To make it straight, I, Hon. Leke Abejide sponsored/inaugurated the party ADC in Yagba Federal Constituency, single-handedly sponsored myself and all other State Assembly candidates of the party in Yagba land without receiving a dime from Hon. Faleke of APC.
“I have always enjoy the goodwill and support of Yagba Federal Constituency through my over six(6) years unprecedented empowerment programs for widows, less privileged, students, youth and the aged spread across Yagba land and that alone earned me the landslide victory at the last National Assembly Election In Yagba land.
“The sponsorship allegation at its best can be described as the figment of imagination of some few demented souls in Kogi APC who are already jittery of their diminishing popularity occasioned by failure of governance of APC in the state.
“Hon. James Abiodun Faleke is from Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency and has no political affiliation with Yagba, even the ADC Candidates from his Constituency lost to APC and PDP, one then wonder why they are crying foul,” the statement read.
