Dear Hon. James Faleke’s Kogi State was one
of the states created by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida in
1991. The creation brought the old Kabba province of Okun and Ebira-speaking
peoples together with the Igala and Bassa-speaking parts of old Benue State.
Igala and Bassa formed the Eastern senatorial district, Ebira and Ogori-Magongo
formed the Central senatorial district. The Okuns, together with Ebira Kotos
and Hausa-speaking part of Lokoja formed the Western senatorial district. Apart
from some other common features of traditional heritage, people of Kogi State
are bound by history and geography.
Nigeria’s brief return to
democracy in 1992 was greeted with fanfare in Kogi, just like in every other
part of the country. Elders and political heavyweights came together to
brainstorm, and a fair-sharing formula was agreed upon by consensus. The
Eastern part of the state would produce the governor, the Central the deputy
governor, while the Western part, the secretary to State Government as well as
the speaker of the House of Assembly. They considered the fact that the Old
Kabba Province had already produced a governor and a deputy governor.
Sadly, today, about 24
years after this unwritten agreement was reached by the political gladiators
from different parts of Kogi State, the Igalas continue to cling unto power.
Our Eastern brethren continue to use their numerical advantage to perpetuate
themselves in power. There is no doubt about their resolve and determination to
continue to hold on to the governorship of Kogi State till the end of the
world. Several agitations and appeals from groups and concerned individuals have
fallen on deaf ears.
This is the only opportunity
the Ebira people is having, to role as a governor since the creation of the state,
two wrong cannot make right sir, rejecting the deputy governorship position and
absent yourself at next week’s inauguration ceremony is a wrong chose.
There are certain thing in
life that will happened beyond human
understanding and only God know why, whatever one is destiny to be in life no
matter how long and tight the situation
is it will defiantly come to pass. President Bwari is Good example of what am
taking about. The Kogi State
governor-elect, Yahaya Bello is a God chosen Governor, God Say in the Bible in “Revelation
22:13”, “Exodus 3:14” I am
the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, I
AM THAT I AM. Is him alone who can make begger a King and a king to be a begger
and no one can questioned him that is Who God is?
Going to court will not
help matters, I know is your right but for the sake of peace and unity withdraw
the case” we all know your effort towards the success of this election, and we
also know that you mean well for the people of kogi state, you are a highly respected
reputable man that have handle high position in Nigeria. Those Good plan that
you have for kogi state can still be achieved as a deputy governor, you can as
well reach an agreement with the governor elect to zone the governorship position
within the senatorial district in kogi state, and then you have a better chance
to rule as the next governor in kogi state unopposed.
Kogi State belongs to all of us. We should all
have equal claim and right to aspire for the highest political office of the
state. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have enforced and insisted on power
rotation in some states like Adamawa and Akwa Ibom. They should do the same in
Kogi State, unless they are being hypocritical. It is no longer acceptable for
one senatorial district to continue to rule a state for 24 years. It is unfair
to allow this injustice and cheating to go unchecked. Other parts of Kogi State
should be allowed to “taste” power for the sake of even and equilibrium
development in its every part. Traditional and political leaders from different
parts of the state should convene a forum and broker a power shift/rotation
deal that would enhance peaceful and harmonious co-existence in the confluence
state. Those who make a peaceful transition impossible are making a violent
transition inevitable.
God bless INEC
God bless Kogi State
God bless Nigeria
Thank you
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