Comrade Usman Okai Austin the immediate House of representatives candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)A for Dekina/Bassa federal constituency in 2023 election has tasked the Kogi state governor USMAN ODODO to return to Lokoja where he can attends to issues affecting the running of the state.
Usman Okai said he should return to Lokoja instead of running up and down in Abuja lobbying people to intervene in the case between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, former Governor Yahaya Bello, and his own ongoing tribunal case.
Okai further said that since Ododo has been declared governor, he only comes to Lokoja as a mere visitor and permanently stays in Abuja
In a statement on Tuesday, which he signed Okai said armed robbers have taken over Lokoja because of the vacuum created by the Governor’s lasting absence.
“It is no longer news that the governor and all his 21 local government chairmen, commissioners and some of his appointees have relocated from Kogi to Abuja where tax payers money are being used to pay various hotels accommodation in the name of monitoring the ongoing tribunal case”.
“The governor has legal team and his party has leadership, but mandating all these people that their movement are being sponsored by tax payers in pursuing a hopeless court case in Abuja is a waste of our resources and that shows the government has lost focus”.
“The time where insecurity is everywhere and communal clashes are dominating, bandits and other communal killings in the nation, serious state Governors are in their state with their commissioners and local authorities.
“Unfortunately, our state is without governance since Ododo has mandated all his appointees to relocate to Abuja to put pressure on EFCC and Tribunal
“Ever since he was sworn in, Usman Ododo is yet to make any move that will show of a Governor that has direction of what to do instead, he is in Abuja running an errand for the former Governor Who had looted so much from the state.
Okai added that armed robbers have taken over parts of Lokoja, invading lodges and stabbing students without restriction.
“This is happening as armed robbers have taken over Lokoja part, stabbing and invading students lodges and hostels without restriction, this is an evidence of absent governance and it’s now obvious Usman Ododo prefers to serves Yahaya Bello as his loyal boy instead of concentrating on his campaign promises and ensure safety for the Kogites.”
