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Natasha Akpoti (Photo Credit: This Day)

Natasha Akpoti (Photo Credit: This Day)

No real election is going on in Kogi Central, Natahsa Akpoti says

byNike Adebowale,Halimah Yahayaand1 others
November 16, 2019
2 min read

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State, Natasha Akpoti, has said that no real election is ongoing in Kogi Central part of Kogi State.

She also said numerous threats to her life, allegedly by the incumbent governor, delayed her from casting her vote.

She alleged that the governor, Yahaya Bello, had ordered people to kill her since yesterday.

Addressing journalists shortly after she cast her vote on Saturday, she said that no credible election is going on in Kogi central as most of her party agents had been harassed and arrested by “fake police officers.”

“I have been ready for the past hour and half but each time I try to go cast my vote, there is sporadic gunshots then chanting like violent words.

“I got to know that the APC ordered by Yahaya Bello has been ordered to kill me since yesterday. The sad thing is there is no election going because the SDP agents have been attacked, some arrested by fake policemen because we have reached out to the DPOs in this vicinity and they feign ignorance of having arrested any SDP agent,” she said.

Ms Akpoti said the level of violence in the state is unprecedented and total unnecessary.

“This is definitely not an election, this is almost like a war zone and the sad thing is military personnel and security agents around there are doing nothing while thugs harass the SDP agents.

“There is no election happening in Kogi central, so I can imagine what is happening in other parts of the state. The level of violence is unprecedented.

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“Yahaya Bello is upset that someone from Kogi central is contesting against him. All I am trying to do is to exercise my civic responsibility of participating in election. Everyone has a right to seek for a chance to govern and contribute his or her quota towards improving the state.

“It is quite worrisome to see that the federal government, the IG of police and all of these agencies are silent, so it seems there is some kind of conspiracy to enable Yahaya Bello and APC win because he is grossly unpopular. Why all these violence if he has actually performed well?” she said.

Thousands of Kogi residents are already casting their votes for the candidates of their choice in a keenly contested governorship election.

A total of 24 parties are taking part in the election. Although the registered voters in the state are 1,646,350, about 1,485,828 (90.2 per cent) have collected their PVCs and are thus eligible to vote in the 21 local governments of the state.

The incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC), hails from the central district of the state and hopes to make history as the first governorship candidate outside of Kogi East Senatorial District to be elected as governor.

If elected, 40-year-old Ms Akpoti, would not only rank Nigeria’s youngest governor but also the first female to appear on the ballot and win a governorship race.

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