Thousands of supporters of former Kogi State Governor Abubakar Audu at the weekend besieged Lokoja Township Stadium, asking him to contest the governorship election.
Led by women and youths under the aegis of the Vision G63 Voice of the Grassroots, they clamoured for Audu’s return to the Lugard House “to rescue Kogi State from economic doldrums and infrastructural decay.”
The group’s leader, Hajia Amina Musa, said they asked for Audu’s return because they could no longer witness the state falling like a pack of cards.
She said Kogi had remained stagnant since he left the Government House in 2003, adding that they were worried by the high level of infrastructural decay.
Hajia Musa noted: “We gather here today, having made up our minds and to show our displeasure over the bad condition of the state and beg Prince Audu to come back and save it from collapse.”
She said Kogi is the most backward in terms of development, adding that it needs the ex-governor to salvage and rescue it from the misrule of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The leader enjoined women and youths to be determined to return Audu to power, stressing that he was tested and trusted.
Audu told the crowd that having finished consultations, he would contest the poll, recalling that during his tenure, civil servants received salaries promptly.
He promised to create one million jobs in his first six months in office if elected.
The former governor said he was not out to witch-hunt anyone, noting that nobody offended him.
He sought forgiveness from anyone he might have offended.
According to him, “the 12 years of PDP misrule will soon be a thing of the past. When I was the governor from 1999 to 2003, I did not owe civil servants. Those retrenched were reinstated.
“I will create one million jobs for the unemployed graduates.
“Your days of suffering are numbered. By this time next year, many of you will have jobs, build houses, buy cars and marry. I have done it before and I will do it again.”
A group of Kogi State indigenes resident in Kaduna State under the aegis of the Concerned Kaduna Progressives (CKP) has urged well-meaning individuals from the state to support the aspiration of Prince Audu.
The Chairman of the body, Alhaji Yusuf Nda Ibrahim, spoke when interacting with reporters in Kaduna at the weekend.
He said the call became imperative, considering the sorry state Kogi was in, following bad governance.
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