Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has distanced himself from alleged plot to remove the embattled National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Reacting to APC National Vice-Chairman South-South, Hilliard Eta’s allegation of Bello’s complicity, Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Evang. Kingsley Fanwo said the Governor has no hand in the alleged plot to remove Oshiomhole. “Governor Yahaya Bello will never do anything that will disrupt the peace of APC. His interest has always been the peace and stability of the party.
He is a true party man whose interest is the continued political relevance of APC, even beyond 2023,” he said. Oshiomhole had claimed some governors and a minister are behind his ordeal because of their selfish ambition to hijack the party for personal gains. Corroborating Oshiomhole, the party’s National Vice-Chairman listed Bello as one of the major culprits causing the ongoing crisis in the party. According to him, “Those people mentioned in that story are the major culprits; perhaps if you add Yahaya Bello of Kogi State there, it will be complete.
