Kogi Election: Beyond political party, vote for your conscience, group advises kinsmen.

Ahead of Saturday's governorship election in Kogi State, a group, Kogi Professionals in Kaduna State have asked eligible voters in the Confluence State to vote with their conscience on the November 16th, 2019 poll.

Governor Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress and Mr.Musa Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party, as well as Natasha Akpoti, are among the twenty-two candidates vying for the Saturday's governorship poll in Kogi State.

The group said no matter the threat of thuggery or the use of money by politicians, they(voters) must consider future implications and vote according to their conscience.

In a statement issued in Kaduna on Thursday, the group expressed deep concerns over the decay, despair and hopeless which has seized the state in recent years.

They noted that it was very strange that cultists, thugs, and praise singers were now being treated like royalty by politicians for the Saturday poll.

According to the group whose statement was signed by the duo of Isa Ainoko and Mrs. Mercy Ipinmisho, while the effrontery of thugs dared to unleash mayhem in the presence of the Inspector General of Police and INEC chairman is reprehensible, government has more explaining to do on the timing of its release of N10 billion to Governor Yahaya Bello just before election day.

"It is extremely reprehensible that a state that is completely lacking in all the indices of development and progress is also the state where extremely audacious thugs can attack a female governorship aspirant in the presence of both the Inspector General of Police and the Chairman of INEC.

"It is troubling too that a government that has transparency and progressive ideals as the foundation of its populist campaign in 2015 now seems hell-bent on ensuring the exact opposite in the lives of Kogites.

"There seems to be more to the issue of the release of N10 billion war chest to Kogi state so close to a decisive election, especially when one hears that a particular party could be plotting to buy up votes and election personnel at any cost.

"During Saturday’s election, Kogites must struggle to free themselves from pauperization and a dark future for the young generation by voting sensibly; our people should not sustain politicians who hold the people and the progress of our state in deep contempt.

"Civilization and genuine democracy are receding fast in Kogi state, we are appealing to the security agencies, INEC, and all Kogites to live up to expectation and perform their responsibilities without compromise with the forces of darkness on Saturday."