Action Alliance Declines Legal Challenge in Aftermath of Kogi State Governorship Election

The Action Alliance (AA) has opted not to contest the results of the Kogi State Governorship Election conducted on November 11th, 2023.

This decision was revealed during an emergency meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC).

Addressing the media in a press conference held on Monday in Abuja, Hon (Dr) Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, the national chairman of the party, clarified the party’s stance.

Omoaje stated that the Action Alliance has distanced itself from a legal suit filed at the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition challenging the election outcome.

The national chairman underscored that the party is not inclined to pursue legal action against the Governor-elect, Alhaji Usman Ododo.

Omoaje attributed this decision to the conduct of Olayinka Ibrahimoh, the party’s adopted candidate for the election, who operated independently without consulting the party.

“From the moment INEC published the final list of candidates for the Kogi gubernatorial election, Olayinka Ibrahimoh, our adopted candidate for that election deliberately built an edge around himself against the party, making it difficult to relate with him,” he explained.

Expressing dissatisfaction with Ibrahimoh’s unilateral approach to legal recourse, Omoaje detailed the party’s efforts to engage with him, highlighting the candidate’s refusal to collaborate with the party’s leadership.

He recounted an incident involving the Deputy National Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa, who was left without communication during his team’s stay in Kogi State.

Affirming the party’s official position on the legal challenge, Omoaje declared, “Consequent upon the aforementioned, we are stating clearly here that our party, the Action Alliance, has no hand in the matter before the Kogi State governorship election tribunal, and we say unequivocally that we are not interested in the matter at all.”