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  • People once advised me to kill my ailing son – Wife of Kogi Governor

    People once advised me to kill my ailing son – Wife of Kogi Governor

     

    Wife of Kogi State Governor, Mrs. Amina Bello has said members of her immediate family once advised her to kill her sick son.

    The governor’s wife recalled how her son, who was suffering from cerebral palsy made her become a laughing stock among family members.

    She made this known in a chat with journalists in Abuja on Thursday.

    She said, “I was advised to inject my son with harmful substance and some people advised me to take him to the village.

    “There is also the stigma which starts from your immediate environment. People will be whispering when a child with special needs or his parents are around.

    “This has made a lot of parents to live in depression.

    “This is the reason why some parents choose to live in denial and lick up such children.

    “Before you set up a school, it must be accessible to these children with special needs. You must have special teachers or therapists in every class and of course you should be certified fit to open a school for special needs children.

    “Government needs to provide wheelchairs for physically-challenged children and enforce that schools discriminating against the children should be shut down.

    “Schools which discriminate against children who are living with physical and developmental challenges should be shut down,” she added.

     

  • Melaye lambasts Gov. Bello, says citizens are suffering

    Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West Senatorial District) has on Friday condemned the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State saying citizens of the are facing serious hardship.

    Melaye said this at a press conference in Abuja held by “stakeholders” of the Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

     

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  • I won’t blink an eye before signing death warrant of anyone convicted of murder – Bello

    Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has said he would not hesitate to sign the death warrant of anyone convicted of murder in the state.

    The governor said this following the incessant killings and cases of insecurity in the northern States, stressing that his administration would do everything within its power to secure lives and property of peace loving people of the state.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Governor Bello made this statement after he visited Kaduna where he attended a security meeting along with other northern governors.

    In his words: “I will sign the death warrant for anyone convicted of murder, I will not even blink an eye as I will sign the death warrant and sleep well.”

    “Also anyone caught promoting crisis in the state would be made an example.”

    The governor also alleged that some influential people including religious leaders and politicians were behind series of disturbances in the state, saying that the last crisis at Sabon-daga led to the destruction of 30 Gbagyi houses and 20 Fulani huts.

    “We pray for this people to repent, if they don’t, we pray God to destroy them because they are our enemy, our collective interest is greater than their individual and selfish interests,” he added.

  • IBB, Dogara, Wike, others mourn Kure

    Former military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has described the death of former Niger State governor, Abdulkadir Abdullahi Kure as a great shock.

    Babangida, in a condolence to the family of the deceased, government and people of Niger, said as a believer, “all souls must taste dead’ sooner or later.

    “My amiable friend and companion is gone. We, who are left behind, are on transit. Sooner than later, we will go.”

    Also Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, commiserated with the people and government of Niger state over the death of former Governor Abdulkadir Kure.

    In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan on Sunday, the Speaker said the former governor’s death is a big loss.

    Dogara described the late politician as a progressive and seasoned technocrat whose experience and wisdom would be missed.

    Similarly, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike expressed sadness over the sudden death of former State Governor, Late Engr Abdulkadir Kure; describing the l Former Governor as a true democrat who contributed to the consolidation of the nation’s democracy.

    In a statement on Sunday night, Governor Wike said that he received the message of the death of the Former Niger State Governor with shock.

    He said that Former Niger State Governor, Late Engr Abdulkadir Kure died at a time that the nation needs his contributions to further consolidate on the Democratic process.

    Reacting to Kure’s death, Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger described the death of Kure, as a great lost to the state and the country at large.

    Bello in Minna said that “I am very shocked but “from Allah we come to him we shall all return. “I was with him about two weeks ago in Abuja where we discussed on how to ensure good democratic governance in our state,” he said.