Igala Youth Forum has expressed shock and rejection over the comments credited to kogi governor,Yahaya Bello for mocking the igala nation as having penchant for stipend at the alter of sacrifice of their lives and their wives
The youth forum in a statement issued by its secretary,John Audu demand an unreserved apology from the governor and his cohorts from the igala extraction,saying the statement is too crude to be digested
He said the Igala race as the nineth major ethnic tribe in Nigeria, has produced prominent people and held position of authority both in the state,federal,international as well as the organised private sector,saying the denigrating statement should be reversed by the governor forthwith
John Audu said the denial of the governor against series of affront to the igala race had become a tradition, to sway and seek favour to further decimate the igala nation by all means neccessary
Igala Unity Forum said it had mobilised the people of igala race who meant well for the welfare of the igala race,to take the governors actions and utterances against the people of the area,as a serious business that will count against the leadership of the state
He said the bad eggs from the igala speaking areas, who have never seen anything wrong with the current administration of Yahaya Bello and indulged in misdirecting, will pay dearly from both side as their attitude is likened to betrayal of trust both at home and in the public office
“Governor Bello relied solely on his appointed leaders from kogi east,to misjive and utter delicate words to denigrate the highly revered people, on the basis of rating the entire Igala race,in the category of his apologists from the area”
He said for the governor to be vainglorious of the igala nation after the unguarded utterances,is an extension of mockery taken too far,as it has become a norm to run down the igala race through starvation of public office,salaries and pensions as well as infrastructural development, so as to revert the area and its people under his whims and caprices