{"id":66415,"date":"2022-06-10T12:16:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T11:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/presidential-primary-bellos-defeat-prayer-answered-for-downtrodden-kogi-people-apc-chieftain-sulaiman"},"modified":"2022-06-10T13:25:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T12:25:45","slug":"presidential-primary-bellos-defeat-prayer-answered-for-downtrodden-kogi-people-apc-chieftain-sulaiman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/presidential-primary-bellos-defeat-prayer-answered-for-downtrodden-kogi-people-apc-chieftain-sulaiman","title":{"rendered":"Presidential primary: Bello\u2019s defeat prayer answered for downtrodden Kogi people \u2013 APC chieftain, Sulaiman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lokoja Local Government, Ibrahim Sulaiman has mocked Governor Yahaya Bello over his defeat in the just-concluded presidential primaries of the Party.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sulaiman, the end to the presidential quest of the governor was a prayer answered for the downtrodden in the State.<\/p>\n<p>Sulaiman, who accused Bello of expending public resources to fund unpromising personal agenda, said his defeat was a \u201ctimely good riddance to the financial banditry, resource hemorrhage and complete absence of governance in Kogi State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Bello, who polled a total of 47 votes in the Wednesday primaries, came fifth, as the winner Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerged with 1,271 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the development, the APC chieftain said the Governor had failed to propel needed developments in the State, stressing that, his quest was to the detriment of the citizenry.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining further, Suleiman said, \u201cDespite persistent calls by groups and the opposition on the governor not to shirk his responsibilities as the Chief Executive Officer of the State, the governor ignored everyone and abandoned governance in the State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe height of this was his relocation to Abuja since two years ago and the killing of APC in Kogi through imposition of unpopular candidates during the just concluded party primaries all over the State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes one is perplexed and wonder how the governor sleeps without his conscience troubling or pricking him that he has abandoned those that he found himself in government to care for as their governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no doubt that the task of rebuilding Kogi State and her image will be a daunting one by Gov. Bello\u2019s successor after the bashing the governor has subjected the State, her treasury and image to in 7 years of misgovernance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that the governor\u2019s daydream and Presidential cookie has crumbled in his face, let the governor immediately reconstitute the State Executive Council and allow governance to continue in the State even at the abysmal level we have lived with in the last seven years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lokoja Local Government, Ibrahim Sulaiman has mocked Governor Yahaya Bello over his defeat in the just-concluded presidential primaries of the Party. 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