BY AMEH IDUJAGI, ABUJA – The Forum of Aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kogi State Chapter has warned the national Secretariat of the Party against issuing the governorship ticket to Governor Yahaya Bello if the APC is desirous of retaining the State in the scheduled November gubernatorial elections.
In his place, the aspirants unanimously endorsed Alhaji Yahaya Audu to contest the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Kogi state.
The position of the aspirants is contained in a communique issued at the end of their meeting in Abuja on Saturday in which members of the Forum unanimously rejected the candidature of Yahaya Bello to run for a second term in office.
The two page Communique which was signed by Hon. Ben Adaji and Barr. Anthony Odana, Chairman and Secretary respectively of the communique drafting committee, explained their rejection of Governor Bello is as a result of bad leadership and non-performance.
The Forum specifically appealed to the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) not to risk the forthcoming gubernatorial election ticket to Governor Yahaya Bello as that would tantamount to losing Kogi State to the opposition.
The aspirants noted that in spite of the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari to all APC governors to reconcile and accommodate the group of aspirants after the last Primary elections with a view to carrying them along in the overall interest of the party, Bello has remained adamant and has continued to treat aspirants in Kogi state as enemies and second class citizens in a party they laboured for.
While declaring their unalloyed support and commitment to the administration of President Buhari and the APC, they expressed their willingness to mobilize support for the party in all the 21 Local Government Areas of Kogi.
