The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked its supporters in Kogi state to remain calm and not to despair over the swearing-in of Alhaji Yahaya Bello of All Progressives Congress (APC) today as the substantive governor of the state.
A statement by the national secretary of the PDP, Professor Adewale Oladipo said that as a law abiding party, “we hereby urge our members and the people of Kogi state to remain calm and not despair over this slap on democracy as the courts would soon deliver justice with regard to the authentic governor with the mandate of the majority at the election.”
Oladipo described the swearing-in ceremony today, of Governor Yahaya Bello as “a comical event organized by the APC as the swearing in ceremony of one Yahaya Bello, a man who did not participate in the overall election, as Kogi state governor.
“The said Yahaya Bello, who cannot claim the overall winning votes in the election, is therefore a shadow-chasing passerby on an excursion in Kogi state government house, as the so-called swearing-in ceremony, having no bearing from the votes at election is at best an APC function.
“The people of Kogi are aware that the man being paraded by the APC is not the person they exercised confidence in at the election as he scored a paltry 6885 vote in the so-called supplementary election as against the 204,877 votes polled by the PDP candidate, Alhaji Idris Wada in the overall election.” [myad]
