A lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Smart Adeyemi, has mobilized the indigenes of Kogi state to support the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the state.
Adeyemi empowered residents of Kogi State origin with multi-million-naira as a contribution to efforts to mobilize prospective voters ahead of the general election.
Adeyemi who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) empowered his people with cars, deep freezers, grinding machines, and sewing machines, at a reception in his honour at Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre, Minna, Niger State recently.
In a statement by Adeyemi’s Special Assistant on Media, Oluwafemi Adeleye, revealed that over one thousand residents of Kogi benefited from the empowerment scheme and that they cut across different tribes, including Ebira, Okun, Igala and Kakanda.
Adeyemi explained to the people that the purpose of his visit was to rally support for the APC presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his vice presidential running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, in the next election.