Kogi guber: Over 40 ex-Assembly vow members to stop Bello’s political dynasty

Over 40 former House of Assembly members have vowed to stop governor Yahaya Bello’s political dynasty which he is planning to install his cousin, Ododo Ahmed Usman as governor on November 11 election.

The battle to rescue Kogi State from the political malaise of Bello has become intense as at Wednesday, even as the former lawmakers said they would mobilise people, and they also enjoin all and sundry to join hand with them to salvage the confluence state from the maladministration of Governor Bello.

Former Deputy Governor, Hon. Simon Achuba who led the park for the battle spoke with journalists in Abuja and lamented that the State, once, the desire of all has become a shadow of itself because of the high-handedness and dictatorial tendency of the current administration.

He said Bello withheld constitutional severance package of some former lawmakers because of their stance against his administration.
Achuba said the ex-lawmakers are backing the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Muritala Yakubu Ajaka who they said has the capacity to defeat the leading All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11.

Also, a former lawmaker, Simon Atagoga, said: “The former Kogi State House of Assembly members from the three senatorial district of the state have resolved and unequivocally taken a stand with the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Hon. Muritala Yakubu Ajaka.

“Our decision to identify with your aspiration and candidature is informed by the several obvious facts.

“We unanimously believe that you have the capacity, tenacity and courage to salvage the state from maladministration and misrule of the current regime and re-position the state to its envious pride of place among the comity of other states in the Federation.
“We believe in your capacity in righting the wrongs done to the state and the people these past eight years by providing pro-people.”