Erstwhile Director-General of the
Yahaya Bello campaign in the 2015 All Progressives Congress (APC) primary
election in Kogi State, Dr Yakubu Ugwolawo, has begged the Igala nation to
forgive him for presenting the governor to them, saying, “the current administration
in the state is a disgrace to the ruling All Progressives Congress”.
Ugwolawo stated this on Saturday
at a sensitization meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Justice Forum
held in Ankpa.
The former campaign DG, who led
407 Igala delegates to vote for Bello against his opponent, late Prince
Abubabar Audu, lamented that the last three years of Bello’s administration is
a disappointment to the Igala race.
He further warned that it will be
disastrous to field the incumbent governor to fly the APC flag in the November
16th governorship election, adding that his appointment so far has been
lopsided.
Ugwolawo said, “I’m using this
medium to apologize to the entire Igala nation for fielding Alhaji Bello in
2015 primary which made him the first runner up to our late leader Prince
Abubakar Audu. I regret supporting him. Please forgive me. I regret my action
for leading 407 Igala delegates to vote against our own brother. So far,
Bello’s performance showed that, he does not mean well for our people”.
Adding his voice, the
spokesperson of APC Justice Forum, Mr Goodman Akwu, while expressing regret
over the failure by the Bello-led government, maintained that the governor is
championing the slogan of new direction by impoverishing the people with
hunger, poverty, non payment of salary and death.
He said the forum is set to
restore life to APC and to ensure that the party adopts direct primary election
in the forthcoming APC governorship primary in Kogi.
“Governor Bello from available
records has collected over N335 billion. We have this records from the office
of the auditor general and ministry of finance. We also learnt that he has
hidden huge amount of money to persecute his re-election bid. So, we must stand
against this because his government is anti-people. If I were to be him, I will
bow out because he has failed the young generation.
“Bello who happened to be an
opportunist worked against the APC when he lost the primary against our late
leader. He came into power by accident, and now the State is bleeding since he
assumed office. Whoever that is amplifying Bello’s ‘Enemuneme’ slogan from Kogi
East is a disappointment to Igala race,” he added.
Present at the meeting were APC
governorship aspirants among whom include: former Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF) President, Sanni Lulu, Yusuf Maiyanga, Mona Audu, and representatives of
other aspirants from Kogi East.
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