A quiet storm is brewing in Kogi State after civil servants and political appointees perceived to be loyal to Senator Sunday Karimi (Kogi West) discovered their November 2025 salaries had been mysteriously stopped — a move many are calling the boldest act of political retaliation in recent years.
Across ministries and local governments, workers told our reporters that the November payroll was completed as usual — until the final list emerged with their names missing. The pattern, they say, points to one thing: loyalty profiling.
“They told us plainly,” said Sunday Dayopeda, one of those affected. “Our only offence is supporting Senator Karimi. How can that justify starving families?”
Yemisi Jason, another victim, went further: “This is not governance. This is punishment for thinking differently. Democracy allows choice — not fear.”
The workers warn that the tactic is unprecedented in the state’s history and dangerous for its fragile political equilibrium. Many tie the development to Senator Karimi’s recent Kabba Day speech, where he renewed the call for power rotation to Kogi West after decades of exclusion since the old Kwara era.
The state government has remained silent, neither confirming nor denying the allegations — a silence that has only fuelled more suspicion and anger.
Kogi Workers Linked to Sen. Karimi Face Salary Freeze Amid Alleged Witch-Hunt
