Kogi guber: Group warns APC against fielding Bello

The Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA), a Kogi-based political association, has warned the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against being taken in by the deceits of the incumbent Governor, Yahaya Bello ahead of the conduct of the primary elections for the party governorship ticket.

The group described the governor, who is seeking ticket to contest for second term, as “an impending danger if allowed to be the party’s flag bearer in the forthcoming Kogi gubernatorial election”.

Speaking Monday in Lokoja, the group said the state does not need the caliber of Yahaya as governor again.

Instead, it said the state currently needs is an altruistic, knowledgeable, well-rounded and an impeccable character to lead its affairs.

The spokesperson of the group, Mr Amos Alfa, said Bello’s administration will go down in the history of Kogi state as the “most atrocious, given the backlog of debts, accrued pension, refusal to pay workers’ salary, absence of probity in the management of resources, and deficient public service management.

“The present administration does not represent the yearning of the good people of Kogi state. Therefore, this negates the party principle and what the party stands for.

”It is instructive to note that he is daily depleting the goodwill of the party even beyond the borders of Kogi state.

“Contrary to public opinion that Governor Yahaya Bello set the stage for President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory during the 2019 presidential election, it was a lie peddled to undermine the effort of committed members of the party at the state and local government levels.

“It was the collective efforts of people who believed in the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari that worked assiduously to ensure the victory of the party in Kogi State,” Alfa stated.

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