The motions were filed by Governor Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party
Browsing: Yahaya Bello
He promised the Audu political family that they will play important roles in the political arrangements in the state.
A meeting between the APC leadership and “core” members of the Audu political family will hold on a yet-to-be-announced date
The Kogi State Governor-elect, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has said he is not prepared to join issues with his unwilling deputy,…
Bello, who hails from Agassa in Okene Local Government Area, was declared winner of the governorship election following the outcome of the December 5 supplementary poll in 91 polling units in the state
It would be recalled that the state had been in a difficult situation since November 22 when Prince Abubakar Audu, the APC candidate, died and INEC declared the gubernatorial election inconclusive on the same day
This was contained in a statement signed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Sunday in Abuja
Bello emerged the winner after election on Saturday in 91 Polling Units where supplementary election was held
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in his judgment, held that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suits being post-election matters, which could only be determined by the election petition tribunal
What is however comical and which likewise reek of hypocrisy is that the exponents of party supremacy during the National Assembly brouhaha are the same individuals caught in the web of glaring contempt for party supremacy in the fierce political battle to replace Audu with another candidate for the scheduled supplementary election
Members of the coalition, Sunday warned, would not fold their arms and allow the APC leadership foist political crisis on Kogi State people who had been cohabiting peacefully irrespective of religion and tribe
Nick Dazang, the INEC Deputy Director of Publicity, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja
Bello, who arrived at the secretariat in Abuja at 2:48pm on Monday, moved into the office of the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun