By Abdulkadir Bin Abdulmalik.
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Professor Salisu Ogbo Usman, has called on the electorate in Ankpa local government to vote enmass for the chairmanship candidate of the party, Engr Muhammed Adamu.
Addressing crowds of supporters across Ankpa LGA during the ward-to-ward rallies on Wednesday, Prof Usman urged the electorate to stand firm in their support for APC.
Professor Usman noted the APC candidate’s proven worthiness, demonstrated during his tenure as Chairman of the Transition Committee for Ankpa Local Government, makes him the candidate of choice for Saturday polls.
In a remarkable turn of events, Prof. Usman receives over 200 decampees from Social Democratic Party (SDP) into APC fold in Ankpa Township ward and urged them to adhere to the party ideology of its supremacy.
According to the decampees, the irredeemable impunity and impositions in the party has warranted them to dump the party to find peace and solace in the APC, as they promised to work assiduously for the APC to win with a landslide.
The Chairmanship Candidate, Engr. Muhammad Adamu, appreciated the people for their acceptability and massive show of love adding that a few key priorities, including peace and security, youths empowerment and infrastructural development.
He also thanked the leadership of the party and its stakeholders for their support and commitment, promising not to disappoint the confidence and trust reposed in him.
The campaign train visited all 13 wards in Ankpa local government and rounded up the rallies in Ankpa Township.
The campaign train took off at the APC party Secretariat and pulled through the mammoth crowd of supporters and well-wishers in their thousands, cheerfully hailing and expressing their unflinching support to the chairmanship candidate, Engr Muammmed Adamu and other APC candidates.