Tinubu calls for fair and transparent elections in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi states

The President, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday urged all the candidates and voters in the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States to ensure peaceful and credible polls.

He made the appeal in Abuja while presenting the All Progressives Congress (APC) flags to the party’s flag-bearers in the forthcoming elections.

The candidates are Chief Timipre Sylva for Bayelsa State; Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, who is seeking re-election; and Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo for Kogi State.

According to a statement by his media aide, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu said, “All I am asking for is free and fair elections. I believe we will do well.”

He expressed confidence in the party’s prospects of winning the off-season elections, citing the achievements and efforts of the candidates as well as the teamwork of party officials, members of the APC National Working Committee, and the APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje.

He said these were the factors that inspired his optimism about the upcoming elections.

”I appreciate the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, who is working hard to ensure a smooth transition for our candidate, Usman Ododo. We are glad to have Hope Uzodinma, the great hope of our party and chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum. Thank you for the good job you are doing.

”Timipre Sylva, congratulations on your achievements as a former governor and former minister.

”We are all committed to this cause of democracy, especially in this period of elections. It is our hope, and we have Hope Uzodinma as a candidate, that we will always emerge victorious.

”I want to thank the dynamic national leadership of our party, the NWC, and our hardworking chairman. He is doing a good job, and I thank him very much,” President Tinubu said.

The APC National Chairman praised the President for endorsing the candidates and for taking time out of his busy schedule to present the flags to them.