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Braimoh Olayinka, the 2023 Kogi State Governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA) and his supporters have decamped to the frontline opposition party, African Democratic Congress, ADC, with the promise to rejig the party to take over power from the ruling APC.
The defection ceremony was held on Saturday in Kabba, headquarters of Kabba Bunu Local Government Council.
While addressing his crowd of supporters and party faithful, the former governorship candidate, said his decision to decamp from AA to the ADC was borne out of his desire to bring change to the leadership architecture of Kogi State, as he pledged his commitment and loyalty to ADC, while assuring that he has mobilized his organic supporters across the state to join the moving train of ADC to rescue Kogi State from the claws of the APC.
Braimoh equally noted that the coalition of ADC is the platform under which he believes his vision of a new Kogi State can be actualized in view of the calibre of dignified personalities leading the party , pointing out that with a high caliber of personalities in the coalition of ADC, the people of Kogi would heave a sigh of relief when the party takes over power. He urged the people to speak with one voice for the emancipation of the state.
He said: “The opportunity for the coalition and the need to have like-minds work together to move the mountain of poverty and vision-less leadership from our dear state, which motivated me to join ADC and the party, is also a bigger and better platform to contest elections.
“Kogi State is at its lowest ebb in terms of Leadership performance considering the potentials, capacities, and intellectual assets that abound in the state.. It’s like a case of the worst leading the rest of us, while the best of us have not had the opportunity of leading the rest of us, and that’s the reason why we decided to join the coalition to move our state forward.”
He equally enjoined Kogites and Nigerians at large to approach INEC offices and get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) to enable them perform their franchise in the coming elections.
He pointed out that the cry for a better Nigeria can only be made possible by Nigerians who are ready to take the bull by the horns by voting for ADC.
Earlier, Kingsley Temitope Ogga, the state Chairman of ADC, described the bold step of Braimoh in joining the party as the right step at the right time, stating that the coalition is here to stay and will deliver the needed results in the coming elections, noting that Braimoh is an asset to the party in the state, stressing that ADC is united and ready to take centre stage in the next political dispensation in the country.
He said: “ADC has the sympathy of the citizens at heart, and by the time Nigerians give us power, they will see what we will do for the good of all”.
Braimoh was equally given the ADC membership card which serves as a symbol of his official defection to ADC .
