The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has emerged as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 16 governorship election in the state.
Bello won the party’s primary conducted in Lokoja, the state capital, by 3,127 votes, from the total votes of 3,596 by accredited delegates.
One of the aspirants, Bewa Abdullahi, had walked out of the venue before the commencement of the election in what he termed “a pre-arranged charade to usher in Bello for the second term.”
Earlier, Governor Bello had appealed to stakeholders to always put the party above all else, adding that it should be about the party and Kogi State in general rather than individual interest.
He said that his high investment in the security sub-sector was due to the love he had for peace, adding that no form of development can take place in an atmosphere of rancour and violence, noting that it is only God that gives power.
He, restated his commitment to run an all-inclusive government where infrastructural upgrade would be evenly distributed across all parts of the state if re-elected.
