Hon. James Faleke.
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By Correspondent.
A lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, Hon. James Faleke, has advised the governor of Kogi state, AlhajiYahaya Bello and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the next governorship seat of the state to Kogi wesrt..
Our Correspondent recalls that Falake, an indigene of Kogi state from its west Senatorial district and a political ally of the president-elect,Asuwaju Ahmed Tinubu, had earlier withdrawn his governorship ambition.
In a statement he released on Sunday, the federal lawmaker argued that for equity, justice and fairness, APC should ensure the candidate for the governorship election emerge, democratically,from Kogi west.
The legislator further argued that for a heterogeneous state like Kogi State, giving all parts of the state a sense of belonging remained key to peaceful coexistence among the several ethnic groups in such a geo-political expression.
He explained that for more than 16 years,the Eastern Senatorial District occupied Lugard House, the seat of governnent of the state starting from the then Prince Abubakar Audu of blessed memory, followed by Alhaji Ibrahim Idris to Captain Idris Wada.
He added: "Kogi Central by the end of the tenure of Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello would have been in the saddle for 8 years, uninterrupted.
“I hereby appeal to my brother, His Excellency Yahaya Bello, to recall the circumstances of his ascension to power and do all within his sense of reasoning as the leader of the party in the state in ensuring he doesn’t toy with this rare opportunity to be on the positive side of history.
"The Progressive Governors of our party made history before the APC National Convention and those names will remain written in Gold in Nigeria.
"Posterity is the judge of all humans and may it judge us all positively.
“While not discounting the right of those concerned to contest for any office, I believe that the time has come to be just and fair to all.
“The clamour for power shift pre-2015 by Kogi West and Kogi Central was to correct the marginalization of the two Districts in the Governorship seat.
“My position is not premised on any sense of entitlement but on the ideals of equity and fairness which late Abubakar Audu preached before his untimely death.
“The victory of our great party, APC in 2015, especially in Kogi West,was the avowed commitment of Late Prince Abubakar Audu to ensure power shift to other parts of the State."
Edited by Dada Ahmed
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