I’m The Most Popular Candidate, Entire Kogi People Are With Me – Murtala Yakubu Ajaka
By Abubakar S.H
The Governorship candidate of social Democratic party,SDP, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka has said he is the most popular candidate in the state saying by the grace of God, the people are with him, assured nigerians that he will win the election.”
Ajaka, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the people of Kogi State are with him and said kogi voters are ready to vote his party into office.
“I am the most popular candidate in the state. By the grace of God, the people are with me. By November 11, I am going to win the election,” he said on Tuesday.
“That is why he (Governor Yahaya Bello) is after me. He knows his candidate is not popular. His candidate is part of the problem.”
He accused the Kogi State governor of imposing a former Auditor General of Local Government in the state, Ahmed Ododo, as the flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“The civil servants in the state are against his candidate, virtually everybody in the state is against the APC Governorship candidate.
“He is putting this guy forward because Yahaya Bello wants to contest the 2027 presidential election. Take it to the bank.
During the interview, Ajaka also spoke on his academic qualification for the state’s top job, saying he possesses the requisite credentials to occupy the Lord Lugard Government House in Lokoja.
Describing himself as ‘more than qualified,’ the governorship candidate said he fielded the minimum requirement – Senior School Certificate in accordance with the Constitution, adding that he has a degree.
He added, “I have more than a school certificate. I have my first degree in Public Administration but of course, the constitution says ‘the minimum requirement.’
“I have to submit the one I know that nobody can call and change anything there. You can see what they are trying to do to my deputy now. The state government has taken my deputy to court.”
