By Philips Ajewole
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) says it will win the forthcoming Nov. 11 off-circle governorship election in Kogi with wide margin.
The SDP South-West Zonal Secretary, Mr Femi Olaniyi, expressed this optimism in an interview with the pinpointnews correspondent in Lagos.
Olaniyi said the party is working had by taking their campaigns to all the corners of the State to win the heart of the electorate for them to vote for the party.
He said that feelers from the party’s preparations had shown that electorate in the State wanted the SDP candidate, Alhaji Murtala Ajaka as next Kogi governor.
“We are winning Kogi hands down. With the support we are receiving from people of Kogi, it shows that the people are behind our candidate.
“The people of Kogi want Ajaka, Our campaigns have been taken to the grassroots with massive support for our candidate”, Olaniyi, also the SDP Chairman in Lagos said.
According to him, the party is hopeful of winning Kogi considering defections of bigwigs from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the SDP.
Olaniyi advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adhere to the rules and follow its promise to transmit election results from polling units electronically to the IREV Portal.
“INEC has promised that the off cycle governorship elections will be transmitted from polling units in real time to the portal to prevent manipulations that always characterised manual collations of election results at various levels.
“We want INEC to ensure this is done to improve the integrity of the election and renew Nigeria trust and confidence in the electoral system,”he said.
Eligible voters in Kogi will on Nov. 11 file out to elect a new governor that will take over from the incumbent Governor, Yahaya Bello, whose tenure will elapse on Jan. 27, 2024.