Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari threatening that any attempt to remove his name from the ballot he would invoke mayhem.
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the young Kogi governor saying excluding his name on the ballot in the party’s convention scheduled for today Tuesday June 7, 2022, to elect the party’s presidential flag bearer for the 2023 election will be a recipe for trouble.
Governor Bello speaking to State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with the President, said that the APC will retain power at the center if only it plays by the rules.
Yahaya Bello who is one of the 23 aspirants cleared to contest for the party,’s presidential ticket in the 2023 election; said there is a conspiracy against him, accusing the APC northern governors and some elite of gang-up.
He described himself as a leading aspirant that would win overwhelmingly if the process is transparent and credible, adding that the only thing that could make him not contest the presidential primary is only if President Muhammadu Buhari tells him to step down.
“Getting into the arena today, I will win overwhelmingly if the process is credible,” he said.
The presidential aspirant said there was no need for him to be excluded in the primary, claiming that he represents the youths and the downtrodden.
Bello said that the APC governors of northern extraction did not consult him when they took the resolution that power should shift to the south and that the resolution was not bidding on him.
He reiterated his opposition to the rotational presidency, as he stated that it doesn’t give room for the emergence of a competent person to pilot the affairs of the country.