Drama as Kogi lawmaker empowers constituents with motorcycle tyres

Honorable Ibikunle Idowu, the Minority Leader of the Kogi State House of Assembly representing Yagba West Local Government, has drawn attention online after a video surfaced showing him distributing motorcycle tyres to his constituents.

The footage, which was shared on the microblogging platform X by a user identified as @ChuksEricE, captures the lawmaker handing out the tyres to men in his community as part of an empowerment initiative.

In the now-viral clip, residents are seen receiving the donations, while netizens have flooded the comment section with mixed reactions.

@ChuksEricE, who shared the video, sarcastically captioned it: “Kogi state minority leader representing Yagba West Local government, Hon. Idowu Ibikunle supports his people with motorcycle tyres.”

The donation has since sparked debate, with some questioning the significance of motorcycle tyres as a form of empowerment.

Read some netizens’ reactions below;

@Efeom: “That person saying congratulations should be stone”

@vian337: “God of Moses”

@VictorCKanu1: “ if na me I go use that tire stone am.”

@Irunnia_: “He say make dem dey play together as one family. Congratulations to the winners❤”

@Ogbonna54056645: “Give them tyre they sing ur praise
Give them bread they glorify you
Give them amala they will lick ur ass
Give them jellof rice they will drink ur urine
Give them rice they will stand on ur mandate
Apc captured the soul of impoverished Nigeria with religion and tribalism.”

@Akinjoshua2017: “That clap them dey clap so suppose dey for the man face but as all of them no get sense so e pain me for dem”