The so-called Movement for the Emancipation of Kogi State (MEKSTA) surfaced not with facts, not with credible alternatives but with recycled propaganda clearly sponsored by unscrupulous political jobbers who fear the steady progress of Kogi State under purposeful leadership.
Let it be stated clearly: MEKSTA is a faceless pressure group whose sudden activism is driven by bitterness, not patriotism; by sponsorship, not sincerity. Their latest call for the resignation of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo is nothing more than a poorly scripted political comedy aimed at discrediting a government that has refused to dance to the tune of vested interests.
Governor Ododo is not a puppet. He is a product of continuity, competence, and credibility values that have kept Kogi State stable and focused since the Yahaya Bello era. Continuity in governance is not a crime; it is a strength. Only enemies of development demonise stability while romanticising chaos.
The desperation to demonise Alhaji Yahaya Bello, a leader who laid solid foundations in security, infrastructure, youth inclusion, and political structure, exposes the real fear of these sponsors: Bello’s enduring influence and legacy. Yahaya Bello remains a political force because he delivered results, built systems, and empowered a new generation of leaders, including Governor Ododo.
As for the laughable allegations surrounding Ododo’s time as Auditor-General, it is instructive that no court of law, no anti-graft agency, and no judicial panel has found him wanting. Governance is not run on rumours, sponsored press statements, or armchair accusations. Accountability belongs in institutions, not in the mouths of political mercenaries masquerading as civil society.
Governor Ododo has, within a short period, demonstrated inclusive leadership, carrying all Kogites along irrespective of political, ethnic, or religious leanings. From workers’ welfare to security consolidation, from infrastructural renewal to fiscal discipline, the Ododo administration is quietly but steadily delivering dividends of democracy. Those who can not point to failures in governance resort to noise, insults, and calls for resignation.
The attack on the administration’s development plans, including infrastructure financing, betrays a shallow understanding of governance. Development is not a popularity contest; it is a strategic process. Markets, roads, healthcare upgrades, and water projects are not competing priorities. They are complementary pillars of economic growth. Only enemies of progress oppose long-term planning because they thrive on stagnation.
It is also telling that this group, allegedly “representing constituencies,” has no visible grassroots footprint, no history of advocacy, and no record of engagement until now, when political investigations and power realignments have unsettled their sponsors. This is not civic responsibility; it is rented outrage.
Kogites are wiser than this distraction. They know that Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo is on the right path, consolidating gains, deepening governance, and refusing to be derailed by blackmail. They also know that Yahaya Bello’s contributions to Kogi and national politics cannot be erased by sponsored press releases.
History is clear: every serious reformer attracts enemies. And in Kogi today, the enemies of Ododo and Bello are simply the enemies of development, afraid of progress, allergic to order, and terrified of leadership that works.
Kogi State will not go backward. Not now. Not ever.
– Comrade Danfulani Lukman Ohinoyi
National Coordinator
Kogi Youth Network (KYN)
