Lokoja – Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Saturday in Lokoja urged governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to focus on their strengths in wooing party delegates ahead of the primary election scheduled to hold on April 14.
Bello said this in a statement signed and released to the media by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo.
Bello’s admonition is in response to the purported controversial suspension of Alhaji Muri Yakubu Ajaka, a member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of APC who is also a governorship aspirant in the state
The governor warned against divisive tendencies that could jeopardise the interest of the party and undermine the peace and unity that the ruling party had been known for in the state under his leadership.
While wishing all the governorship aspirants a successful screening exercise, he reiterated that the party would ensure a level playing ground for the best candidate to emerge in the primary election.
He expressed the confidence that APC would win the governorship election with a wide margin on November 11.
The statement reads, “The attention of the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has been drawn to series of publications on the suspension or not of a member of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State, Hon. Murtala Yakubu.
“The Governor, as the leader of our great party in Kogi State, warns against bickerings that can undermine the peace and unity that the APC has been known for under his leadership.
“He has therefore directed all aspirants in the forthcoming governorship primaries in the state to focus on their strengths in wooing party members and refrain from divisive tendencies in the interest of the party.
“Our party will ensure a fair playing ground for the best candidate to emerge in the primary election and together we shall win the governorship election, with a wide margin, in November.
“Governor Yahaya Bello wishes all aspirants successful screening.”
(vitalnewsngr.com)
