2019: Elder Leke Abejide Officially Declares To Run For Yagba Federal House Of Representatives.

Managing-Director, Abyem-Diva International Limited, the Asiwaju of Alu Kingdom, Heroes’ Award winner  Elder Leke Abejide has officially declared his intention to run for the 2019 Yagba House of Representatives election on the platform of the African Democratic Congress(ADC) in a declaration ceremony held on Saturday 4th August, 2018 in Isanlu Yagba East LGA.

His declaration came few months after constituents called on him to run for the exalted office in a meeting held in Igbagun community of Yagba East LGA of Kogi State.

Elder Leke made his position known while addressing stakeholders and members of ADC drawn from the three Local Government Areas of Mopa/Muro,Yagba East and Yagba West.

Elder Leke who held the official declaration ceremony at Isanlu, Yagba East, also inaugurated the party ADC in the the three LGAs of the Federal Constituency.

The Alu born politician said he had the capacity to move the constituency forward following his track record in private sector and in his various selfless community service to the people even without being in office.

“We are doing two things today, one is, we are leaving the brooms Party APC because they have used their brooms to sweep all our money in Kogi into their private pockets and accounts. “Hunger has ravaged our land because of their misrule but I know for sure the people will not die of hunger”

From now on I cease to be a member of APC, Elder Leke said.

Secondly I am officially declaring my intention to run for Yagba Federal House of Representatives under the ADC.

“I am running for the House of Representatives because enough of the hunger in our land”

With the little resources God had helped me to use for the betterment of our people, if am elected today I will do more.

He called on the people to join him in Africa Democratic Congress(ADC) in order to change the narrative of the constituency.

He also admonish the people to get their PVCs ready to vote ADC in all the elective positions in Yagba, Okun and Kogi State at large.

In show of love for the people, Elder Leke pledged to pay WAEC fees for all public secondary school students in Yagba Federal Constituency even before his election and assured no parents will have to bother over WAEC fees for the four years he will be in office if elected.

“The women will be greatly empowered and the youth  will be gainfully employed, we shall invest in Agriculture to empower the youths, our farm produce is not meant for cows but to feed our people”

We all know what we have gone through in this constituency in the last years”

That is why I have offered myself to run for the Yagba Federal House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019,” he said.

Also speaking at the ceremony  is a prominent and influential stakeholder, the Mayegun of Isanlu, Chief Dare Olatunde. He said “ We are building a party(ADC) where the right of people will be respected more than the right of cows. I wish to formally introduce to you a party(ADC) where salaries and pensions will be paid as at when due”

Chief Dare said that people has suffered enough and that the ruling party APC may intimidate and harass the people but it will not last because intimidation and oppression will only last for as long as the oppressed allows it to be.

“Your destiny is in your hands, we must change from a government that cant pay salaries but can block our road to prevent the commission of project executed by others even when the government has nothing  or none to commission. We must replace it with a government where power will return to the people and their rights respected.

He further concluded that no reconciliation will work in Kogi and that ADC will change the narrative this coming elections, the whole people of Yagba are saying goodbye to APC.

Shortly after the declaration ceremony, Elder Leke Abejide led other stakeholders to officially commission the ADC Local Government Offices in Yagba West, East and Mopa/muro.