{"id":76011,"date":"2023-09-14T18:05:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=76011"},"modified":"2023-09-14T18:18:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:18:34","slug":"kogi-guber-thousands-troop-out-in-ajaka-kogi-east-in-support-of-apc-candidate-ododo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/kogi-guber-thousands-troop-out-in-ajaka-kogi-east-in-support-of-apc-candidate-ododo\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi Guber: Thousands Troop Out In Ajaka, Kogi East, In Support Of APC Candidate, Ododo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; Rubbish claims of control of Igaland by &#8216;ethnic jingoists&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Charges electorate to disregard &#8216;parochial &#8216;agendaists&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of supporters of the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State, Usman Ododo, trooped out on Thursday to demonstrate their strength and rubbish the claim of control of Igalaland by those they described as ethnic jingoists and enemies of Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76013 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230914-WA0046-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230914-WA0046-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230914-WA0046-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230914-WA0046-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230914-WA0046-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230914-WA0046-1-110x83.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230914-WA0046-1-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230914-WA0046-1-573x430.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>The excited. supporters held the highly successful One-Million-Man Road Walk at Ajaka, Igala Mela\/Odolu Local Government of the state.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Leading the road walk, where hundreds of indigenes from the wards and Local Government declared their support for the Ododo\/Oyibo ticket, were the Permanent Secretary, Ministry Of Local Government And Chieftaincy Affairs, Haiiya Habiba Jatto Rector; Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Dr. Salisu Ogbo Usman; and Igala Mela\/Odolu Local Government Chairman, Hon. Onoja James omachonu (Kross), among other notable leaders.<\/p>\n<p>While addressing the excited supporters of the APC, the Igala Mela\/Odolu Local chairman who doubles as convener IG\/OF Critical Stakeholders, Omachonu, emphasised that &#8220;the only sellable candidate amongst several others jostling for the governorship seat of Kogi State is Alhaji Ododo Ahmed Usman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76015 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230914_180432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230914_180432.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230914_180432-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230914_180432-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230914_180432-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230914_180432-110x88.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230914_180432-420x336.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230914_180432-538x430.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>He expressed confidence in the ability of Ododo and his Deputy, Joel Oyibo Salifu, to bring the much-anticipated consolidation on the gains of his party&#8217;s administration in Kogi State in the past 7 years years.<\/p>\n<p>He told the crowd that ethnic jingoists who were not interested in a united, peaceful and prosperous Kogi State were the enemies of the people and must be treated as such, adding that the desperate &#8220;agendaists are selfishly clothed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of supporters of the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State, Usman Ododo, trooped out on Thursday to demonstrate their strength and rubbish the claim of control of Igalaland by those they described as ethnic jingoists and enemies of Kogi State.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":76014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[765],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-76011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-kogi-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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