Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN), governors, led by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos, yesterday urged the people of Kogi State to support the ACN in transforming the state.
With him were Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Comrade Adams Oshiomole (Edo), Dr. Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Chief Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) and Chief Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo).
They were in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, to support the governorship ambition of Prince Abubakar Audu.
The governors urged the electorate to be more vigilant. They gave reasons the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must be flush ed out of the political system in the state.
Fashola said the PDP has no stake in the development of the state, as its eight-year rule has further impoverished the citizens.
He said the only way to send the PDP packing is by voting itout of power.
Fashola said: "You all have what it takes to chase the PDP out and that weapon is your vote. You must not only vote them out, but also stand to protect your votes.
Aregbesola, who began his speech with the popular Bob Marley song entitled: "Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your right," urged the people to stand up against the PDP's manipulation.
He said Kogi is the gateway state to the North for the ACN and the state will become the seventh ACN state come December 3rd.
The Edo and Oyo governors recounted their experiences on how they saved their various state from the anti-people PDP administrations.
Ajimobi said: "If we can successfully unseat the visionless PDP government, then, Kogi will be a soft-landing state for the ACN.
Oshiomole said the ACN has turned his predecessor and the PDP into political vegetable, and also transformed the state from decadence to loftier heights.
Governors Amosun and Fayemi urged the people to vote the ACN candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, in on December 3.
Osun Defender