A group of stakeholders from Yagba in Okunland, a Yoruba-speaking community in Kogi State, have pledged their support for the All Progressives Congress (APC), expressing the desire for one of their sons to become the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District during next year’s general elections.
The people, spread across three local government areas – Yagba West, Yagba East and Mopa/Amoro – believe it is their turn to produce the next Senator. They noted that the zone has not produced a senator since the creation of the state in 1991.
Therefore, many of them have resolved to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate from the district.
In a statement made available to our correspondent in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, some concerned members of the Yagba Federal Constituency claimed “retired Col. Tunde Ogbeha from Koton Karfe/Lokoja area represented the district between 1999 and 2007 and Senator Smart Adeyemi from Kabba/Bunu/Jumu Constituency is representing the district since 2007.
“Senator Ogbeha served two terms and Senator Adeyemi is serving his second term, and both are of the PDP. For the sake of justice, equity and fairness, it is our turn to produce the next Senator for the district,” they said.
They lamented that “the two PDP Senators had not represented their interest well in the Senate since the beginning of the “current democratic dispensation.
“It is our firm belief that of all the politicians aspiring for that position, Otunba Samuel Dele Aro of the APC from Odo-Eri, Yagba West Local Government Area, possesses the requisite experience to give the district in general and Yagba people in particular quality representation.
“Having served as a member of the House of Representatives between 2007 and 2011, he is qualified to represent the district appropriately. He didn’t disappoint us as a member of the then House of Representatives.
“Our people are also convinced that it is the APC; a party of the progressives, that can lead us out of the current socio-economic and political predicament that has been our lot.”
