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An aide to the senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi, has dismissed the recent votes of no confidence passed on the lawmaker by some All Progressives Congress local government executives in the district.
In a statement on Thursday, an aide to the senator, Temidayo Ake, described the votes as sponsored, alleging they were influenced by individuals opposed to both the senator and President Bola Tinubu’s political interests in Kogi State.
He said the party officials involved did not represent the views of the people of Kogi West but those who supported their emergence as local government and ward executives.
“The Vote of No Confidence is paid for, by the detractors of Senator Karimi Sunday and persons who clandestinely are opposed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu victory in Kogi State. As such they speak not for the people of Kogi West, but those who have enthroned them with the seat of Local Government and Ward Executives, ” The statement partly read.
Tosin attributed the development to the senator’s call for power shift to Kogi West, stating that the agitation reflects the demands of people in the district who, according to him, have not produced a governor since 1999.
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He noted that Kogi East had produced governors for 16 years, while Kogi Central had held power for 12 years, leaving Kogi West without representation in the governorship.
“The sin of Senator Karimi Sunday is his audacity to lead the agitation for the rotation of power to Kogi West Senatorial District last year in Kabba. This call for power shift to Kogi West Senatorial District is the yearnings, wishes,dream and supplications of majority indigienes of the Senatorial District.
” Therefore when Senator Karimi spoke, he spoke and called for Power Rotation/Shift to Kogi West, he choroused the will, intentions, expectation and supplications of the good people of Kogi West. A people excluded from governing their State for decades, ” he said.
The aide maintained that Karimi remains popular in the district, citing his victory margin in the 2023 senatorial election and listing some of his legislative efforts and constituency projects.
He added that the senator’s programmes, including bursaries and infrastructure projects, have also been extended to other parts of the state.
Tosin questioned the basis for the no-confidence votes, insisting that the senator’s advocacy for power rotation should not be a ground for political opposition.
