{"id":36732,"date":"2021-02-08T19:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=36732"},"modified":"2021-02-08T17:22:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T17:22:47","slug":"fani-kayode-meets-yahaya-bello-amid-rumours-of-kogi-govs-presidential-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fani-kayode-meets-yahaya-bello-amid-rumours-of-kogi-govs-presidential-ambition","title":{"rendered":"Fani-Kayode meets Yahaya Bello amid rumours of Kogi gov\u2019s presidential ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has revealed the reasons for his meeting with the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.<\/p>\n<p>Fani-Kayode explained that he had a fruitful discussion on how to move Nigeria forward during his meeting with Bello. a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain who disclosed the meeting on his Twitter handle on Monday wrote: \u201cIt was an honor to have spent quality time with my friend and brother Gov Yahaya Bello of Kogi state last night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a frank, candid, fruitful and productive discussion about the way forward for our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a clear case of politics without bitterness and of building bridges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a time that we as Nigerians must all come together as one to save our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yahaya and Kayode\u2019s meeting was held amidst claims of Governor Bello nursing a 2023 presidential ambition.<\/p>\n<p>Bello\u2019s presidential campaign poster was sighted in Yobe State recently.<\/p>\n<p>However, former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye had accused the governor of using his presidential ambition to deceive and distract Nigerians from the lootings and failure of his administration.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has warned governor Bello and some other politicians like Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the APC against contesting the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has revealed the reasons for his meeting with the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. Fani-Kayode explained that he had a fruitful discussion on how to move Nigeria forward during his meeting with Bello. a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC. 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