The Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party campaign for the 2027 election in Kogi Central, Salami Etudaiye, has begun mobilisation of supporters in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State for the re-election of the senator representing the district, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The mobilization commenced on Thursday as PDP supporters, including youths, women, and party loyalists, staged a solidarity road walk in Okehi in support of Akpoti-Uduaghan and other candidates of the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.
This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the senator’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mike Idoko.
Kogi Central comprises the Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okehi, Okene, and Ogori-Magongo local government areas.
The supporters said the road walk was aimed at strengthening the PDP’s grassroots mobilization and rallying residents of the senatorial district behind the bid to return Akpoti-Uduaghan for a second term in the Senate.
Speaking during the road walk, Etudaiye, who is leading the PDP’s campaign structure in the senatorial district, described the mobilization as evidence of what he called the party’s growing grassroots strength across Kogi Central.
He said Akpoti-Uduaghan’s first tenure had given the electorate an opportunity to assess her performance, capacity, and style of representation, adding that the 2027 election would provide an opportunity to consolidate the gains recorded so far.
“The people of Kogi Central have a choice to make, and that choice should be based on performance, capacity, courage, and the ability to represent the collective interest of the people. Senator Natasha has demonstrated these qualities in her first tenure,” Etudaiye said.
Etudaiye argued that returning the senator for a second term would enable her to deepen her legislative representation, expand constituency-focused interventions, and pursue programs aimed at improving the socio-economic wellbeing of residents of Kogi Central.
The campaign DG further urged voters in the district to look beyond political sentiments and consider what he described as the long-term interests of the people.
“A second tenure is not simply about returning an individual to the office. It is about giving the people an opportunity to consolidate representation, experience and programmes that can have lasting impact. We are calling on our people across Kogi Central to unite behind Senator Natasha and all the PDP candidates,” he said.
He appealed to residents of the five local government areas to sustain peaceful political engagement and remain united as political activities ahead of the 2027 general elections gather momentum.
Similarly, a PDP stalwart, Bashir Haroon, described the turnout as a demonstration of the confidence the people had in Akpoti-Uduaghan and the party.
Haroon said residents of Okehi were using the procession to express their preference for the kind of representation they wanted in the National Assembly.
