The All Progressive Congress (APC) Campaign Council in Kogi State (KOSACC) may gave developed panic over the unexpected huge crowd at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign in the state, alleging that the PDP hired supporters from the seven neighbouring states for its campaign rally last Saturday in Kogi State.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the KOSACC, Kingsley Fanwo, at a news conference on Monday in Lokoja, speaking on the “The Many Lies of PDP and its Traditional Illusions in Kogi State”, emphasised that the PDP was dismayed by the poor turnout at the rally. He said that PDP resorted to theatrics of rolling out expired individuals who had been expunged from the ranks of the APC for their unsavory deeds and characters as defectors and proceeded to canonise them.
According to the APC, “The rally turned into a farce when people like the former Deputy Governor of the state, Elder Simeon Achuba, and the former speaker of the state assembly, Rt Hon. Alfa Imam, were repackaged for Atiku as Kogi APC stalwarts who were decamping to the PDP at the rally.
“What Atiku and his entourage might not have known is that this is the same Achuba who was impeached from office by the state assembly for gross misconduct during the first term of the administration.
“Also, Rt Hon. Alfa Imam is another has-been, who has a running battle with his colleagues when he was Speaker of the State House of Assembly. At the cusp of being impeached, he pleaded to be allowed to resign.”
The Media and Publicity Director stated that the duo were no longer active members of the party and the APC won the 2019 landslide without them.
He stressed that the PDP campaign rally in Kogi was a shadow of itself, saying the umbrella circus did not need anyone to tell them that Kogi people have rejected them.
Fanwo stressed that it was painfully obvious that the former ruling party had been fittingly reduced to a shadow of itself in Kogi over the last seven years.
“We know that PDP brought a lot of people from seven neighbouring states for the campaign rally in Kogi.
“Talking about 148,000 defectors at Kogi rally by PDP is too ridiculous and not true.” Fanwo said.
Fanwo, the Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy in Kogi State, said there was no doubt that the Yahaya Bello led APC administration had changed the face of Kogi.
According to him, “The legacy projects executed, some of which were recently commissioned by Mr President, are too numerous to mention here.”
Fanwo also said that the pledge of Atiku to revive the Ajaokuta Steel Company could only be classified as a ‘morbid joke’, which he must have made to insult the sensibilities of Kogi State and her people. (National Daily)
