Kogi East APC stakeholders have warned a governorship aspirant, MuritalaYakubu to desist from sponsoring fake news and unwarranted attack on the incumbent Governor, Yahaya Bello.
Kogi East APC Zonal Chairman, Hon. Mohammed Nasir Alfa in a statement made available to journalists in Lokoja on Sunday, pledged their loyalty to Governor Bello and disassociated themselves from a dubious press conference by some self-serving people who claimed to have spoken on behalf of the zone.
The fake press conference, according to the statement, was organised to attack Governor Yahaya Bello on sundry issues ranging from happenings in the state House of Assembly and the ongoing process to nominate the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC.
” It is imperative to state here in the strongest of terms that the Kogi East APC is in support of measures taken by His Excellency Alh. Yahaya Bello to strengthen the security architecture of the state. His choice to prioritize security over politics should be commended by all. We stand by him on that. On the purported suspension of certain individuals within the party in Kogi East, it is ludicrous to accuse the same Governor who put the situation under control of also being the one stoking the violence. The Governor has provided excellent leadership and support to the party, and we owe our strings of successes in various circles of elections to his purposeful, dynamic, and pragmatic leadership.
“The Kogi East APC will not condone a situation in which emergency political desperados will throw fire to the roof of the party just because they feel they lack what it takes to clinch the party’s Governorship ticket. Those who have picked nomination forms are free to test their popularity instead of sponsoring ill-fated press conferences to destabilize the party. Punitive measures by the constitution of the party shall be meted out to erring members and their surrogates.
” Kogi APC is one united family, and the detribalized nature of the Governor has built the party to the point of creating a strong platform for equity, competence, and capacity. Never again shall selfish, self-serving, and desperate politicians use ethnicity as a spring to political positions in our dear state. We stand solidly with the Governor who has built our dear party into a political fortress.”
