A group, Kogi West Liberation Movement yesterday demanded that the western senatorial district senate seat should be zoned to Yagba East Local Government.
Briefing pressmen yesterday in Lokoja, chairman of the group, Hon. Isah Abubakar and the secretary, Chief Eseyin Toyin Oluseye, noted that historical antecedents shows that the founding fathers and party leaders adopted the spirit of zoning which the seven local governments of Kogi West keyed into.
According to the group: “As a result, Yagba Federal constituency via Yagba West, had the first slot through late Senator Justus Olu. This was followed by Mopamoro, through late Senator Sunday Awoniyi; Koto had Alhaji Ado Shuaibu and Lokoja/Kogi through Senator Tunde Ogbeha, while Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu had theirs through Senator Smart Adeyemi and currently Senator Dino Melaye. This shows that all the local governments in the district have had a shot at the Senate except Yagba East.
Credit: Nation
