National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said yesterday that the party is set to win the governorship election in Kogi State.

He said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has failed to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people of the Confluence State.
Tinubu, who spoke to  reporters at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos,  said besides Kogi, the ACN is also set to clinch the governorship seat in Bayelsa State.  The crisis in the state, according to him, will enable the ACN ride to victory.

He said: “The election in Kogi is around the corner and our chances are very bright.

“We have good chances, if the election is free and fair; if it is devoid of violence and other malpractices. We have faith in Jega’s men and we are

working really hard. We are ready for change.
“There is nothing like the power of incumbency. Where was the power of incumbency in Ogun? Where was the power of incumbency in Ekiti? Where was the power of incumbency in Oyo?”
On the party’s chances in Bayelsa, Tinubu said: “Very good; we will capitalise on their crisis to win and win massively.
“The only disappointing thing is the fact that the party could not obey the court order. If you are a ruling party in this country and you are talking about the rule of law, you should be a role model, you should show leadership. You should show some degree of compliance.
“They still have time. What is the desperation? Why should you militarise Bayelsa for a primary? But that is the kind of party we have: Poverty Development Party (PDP).”

On zoning of key political offices, the ACN leader said: “In our pluralism and the constitutional rights of Nigerians, we have demonstrated that the presidential candidate should be able to come from anywhere. Why should it be based on zoning, regional thinking?
“That is the process of selection, not election. Nigerians must have the right to aspire and contest, be voted for by the people of this country.
“It is limited in a way because you are not opening the opportunity to everybody.
“We are talking of constitutional democracy; we are talking about the right of the people to aspire to be or not to be. Leave it open, you see it divides us further.
“If you look at it carefully you will see that you are dividing Nigerians further and further instead of a cohesive country that is united and free choosing whoever they want to choose to lead them.”

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