The Kogi State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress , ADC , Leke Abejide, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to provide a level playing field for all candidates during the forthcoming election in the state.
Mr Abejide, who made the appeal during an interview with the Channels TV, urged the President to allow the will of the majority to prevail during the off-cycle election.
“The support I expect from the president is a level playing field, that’s all. Whoever is popular, let him win,” he said.
Mr Abejide added that he has an advantage in the election due to his strong connection to President Tinubu.
“I am the son of the president. We are the real Asiwaju boys. Right from time, I have been with him,” he maintained.
Mr Abejide, who is a serving member of the House of Representatives, stressed that the forthcoming Kogi election would not be decided by party affiliations but by the competence, character, knowledge, experience, and connections of the candidates.
“The election coming in Kogi State is not going to be about the political party. It is going to be about the political party. It is not going to be about religion.
“It is going to be about who has the competence, who has the character, reach, knowledge, experience, and connection,” the ADC candidate said.
The lawmaker further stated that he has a better chance of winning the election due his clean records in the private and public sectors.
“I have a clean record. Nobody has ever accused me of any corruption in this country or anything. I have worked in the private sector, and I am now in public office. Nobody has ever accused me.
“From my own background, I have never in my life gone to any police station or any court.
“I don’t do this type of backdoor thing; that is my own nature. If it is the will of God for me to win, then I will win, but I will never be a part of those joining a cult,” he said.
