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Fresh political turmoil has erupted within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi West following shocking revelations of an alleged coordinated plot to overturn the outcome of the May 18, 2026 senatorial primary election through what stakeholders now describe as “a desperate campaign of intimidation, manipulation, and political fraud.”
Authoritative sources familiar with developments in Lokoja disclosed that powerful interests within the party have allegedly begun mobilising selected party executives for a controversial press conference aimed at forcefully projecting Hon. Sam Aro as winner of the Kogi West APC Senatorial Primary — despite his earlier withdrawal from the contest and the officially recognised emergence of Dist. Senator Sunday Karimi as consensus and duly elected candidate.
The unfolding drama has triggered outrage among party stakeholders, many of whom fear the latest developments may be part of a broader underground operation to legitimise what has repeatedly been described as a forged primary election result currently circulating in political circles.
Insiders revealed that pressure is reportedly mounting on the APC State Chairman from Kogi West Senatorial District to publicly disown and discredit the primary election process already concluded, ratified, and previously accepted by all aspirants involved in the race.
In what observers describe as an alarming escalation, the Kogi West Zonal Chairman is also said to have summoned all APC Local Government Chairmen across the district to Lokoja for an emergency gathering believed to be directly connected to ongoing efforts to manufacture legitimacy for the disputed documents.
The latest moves have sparked widespread concern among party loyalists and political observers who warn that reopening a process many believed had been peacefully resolved could ignite a dangerous internal crisis capable of destabilising APC structures across Kogi West ahead of the 2027 political battle.
Stakeholders insist there are already overwhelming written and electronic records confirming that all aspirants willingly endorsed Dist. Senator Sunday Karimi as the consensus candidate after extensive consultations. They therefore question the sudden desperation to reverse what was widely regarded as a settled political agreement.
“This is no longer ordinary politics. What we are witnessing is a calculated attempt to rewrite the will of party members through pressure tactics and manipulated narratives,” a concerned stakeholder reportedly stated.
As tensions continue to rise, party faithful have been urged to remain calm, vigilant, and law-abiding while resisting any attempt to drag the APC into what many now fear could become one of the party’s most explosive internal crises in Kogi West in recent years.
More details are expected to emerge in the coming hours as the political situation in Lokoja continues to unfold.