Kogi Governorship A Walk Over With Bello As APC Candidate – PDP

The Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, said Governor Yahaya Bello’s emergence as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will make it easy for its party to emerge victorious in the November 16 governorship election in the state.

This was according to the Kogi PDP spokesman, Mr Bode Ogunmola, who stated this in a statement in Lokoja, the state’s capital.

Ogunmola said the PDP would record “a sweat-less victory’’ in the election owing to Bello’s alleged poor performance in the last three and half years in office

“PDP has long been praying for the APC to make mistake of re-presenting Bello for the governorship poll.

“It is a well known fact that the governor cannot win any local government in Kogi due to his poor performance, and the way and manner the resources of the state is being massively looted.

“His desperation to return is to save himself from going to prison over looted funds. That was why he had to spend hugely to get strong contenders disqualified.

“If he succeeds in fooling the leadership of his party and the delegates, we are confident that he cannot fool Kogi electorate who are victims of his monumental misgovernance,’’ Ogunmola said.

However, Bello’s Director-General on Media and Publicity, Kingsley Fanwo, in reaction expressed confidence that his principal would re-emerge governor of the state.

“We are even stronger going into the November Governorship election. The governor won’t talk. He believes in allowing his results speak for him,” Fanwo said.

“Governor Bello will not remove his feet from the pedals of governance and in his drive to deliver democracy dividends to the people of the state”.

Fanwo said the governor had remained “humble in victory”, saying the best way to react to the ‘stupendous victory’ at the primaries was to continue to give his best to the people.

“GYB is gradually redefining governance and politics. While others talk, he works and his work speaks for him.

“The naysayers said he was not popular and he defeated the opposition in the general elections like never before in the political history of our dear state.

“The Aug. 29 governorship primaries in the state have again made a resounding attestation to his political credentials.

‘“In victory, he has remained humble. He has stretched an olive branch to all contestants in the primaries to join hands with him to deliver victory to the APC on Nov. 16.

“As we continue our electioneering, our projects will continue and those completed will be commissioned.

‘“Governor Bello was elected to serve and he will continue to serve even into his second term in office,’’ he said.