Senator Dino Melaye has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State of plot to assassinate him because of what he called his fight for the payment of workers’ salaries and pensioners’ dues.
Senator Melaye, who spoke to women that embarked on peaceful protest in his Aiyetoro-Gbede senatorial district, said that workers and pensioners in Kogi are suffering and dying as a result of non-payment of 15-month salaries and pensions by Governor Yahaya Bello.
“Yahaya Bello collected N20 billion from the Federal Government as bailout fund. Still, he refused to settle workers. He also collected N11 billion from the Paris Club fund. Still, he refused to pay workers and pensioners.
“Children can no longer go to school. Tenants can no longer pay their house rent. Enough is enough, the people of Kogi State are tired of this government.
“The advent of Yahaya Bello as governor and Taofiq Isa as local government administrator in the political history of Kogi State has brought this unfortunate socio-political paradigm shift,” Melaye alleged. [myad]
