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Jibrin Isah Mocked At Kogi Rally

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Kogi state indigenes recently disgraced Jibrin Isah, the All Progressives Congress, APC senatorial candidate for Kogi East district, last week. The politician who began his campaign ahead of the 2023 general was booed by hundreds of youths during a campaign rally at Ankpa Local Government Area of the state.

Isah, popularly known as Echocho, who is the incumbent senator representing the district had attended the campaign rally in company of Edward Onoja, the Kogi State deputy governor, and the House of Representatives candidate for Ankpa Federal Constituency in the state. While addressing the crowd during the visit, he stated that Governor Yayah Bello single- handedly took him to the seat of power in 2019.

The obviously displeased constituents who came out in their numbers insulted the senator while he tried to solicit their support for his re-election bid. Many youths asked him to return to Yahaya Bello, the governor of the state, whom he reportedly claimed single-handedly made him senator in 2019.

The youths felt insulted because they voted massively for him and supported his political ambition a few years ago. They felt betrayed because he didn’t acknowledge their contribution; instead, he stated that Bello single-handedly took him to power in 2019.

Obviously his enormous statement led to being bullied by the youth during his campaign for his re-election bid. Amid the noise and insult, the evidently infuriated senator allegedly attempted to physically engage some of the youths but was restrained by his aides who subsequently whisked him away to prevent further escalation.

The Ankpa incident was not the first time Isah, who seems to have clearly lost the support of his people, would be jeered at during a campaign rally. He had similar rejections in Ogodu, Abejukolo, Olla and OjiAji, all in Omala Local Government Area of the state and even a more terrible outing in Ogugu, Okpo and Imane in Olamaboro Local Government Areas of the state, localities that should ordinarily have been the stronghold of the deputy governor, Onoja.

Reacting to the development in a statement signed by Ojoachene Christian, Deputy Director of Protocol, Kogi APC Campaign Council, the politician considered the subject laughable and added they are compelled to respond to ensure that the reading public is not misled. The statement revealed that the politician is too busy to be distracted now that his achievements are being appreciated by the people of Kogi East.

He denied being rejected and traced the tale of rejection to his political enemies who he accused of drowning and looking for whatever they can hold on to whip public sentiments.

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