Alhaji Murtala Ajaka is a governorship aspirant in the just-concluded controversial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state to pick a candidate for November 2023 election.
In this interview with CHAMBA SIMEH, Ajaka provided an insight to what really transpired in the primary, the alleged manipulation to impose a candidate, among other issues bordering on the development of the state.
How would you describe the primary election held in Kogi state and in which you were one of the contestants seeking to be a candidate of the APC?
Muri ans:👉The so called primary of the APC in Kogi state was a charade. The APC came to power on the mantra of change. Our people were convinced that the best way to go was change. We all joined the APC as the only credible alternative going forward.
But today after investing all our trust in the party seeking a new type of politics dispensation that emphasises a leadership recruitment process that gives the people the right at every point in time to choose their leaders, the present leaders of the party in connivance with Governor Yahaya Bello want to return us to the days of yore where godfathers were the only determinants of who governs the state.
I can assure you that our people have matured and politically sophisticated that if the party’s leadership wants to allow the state governor to preside over the death of the party in Kogi state, we shall not allow it.
