From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja
The Kogi state publicity secretary of Social Democratic Party, (SDP) Yahaya bahawudeen has described
Bello’s claims of the defection Of three zonal and 21 LGA chairmen Of SDP to APC as part of his desperate campaign of serial fake new
“Our attention has been drawn to a press statement by the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, claiming that the three Zonal Chairmen of the SDP and all the 21 LGA Chairmen of the party had decamped to the APC.”
In a press release signed by the state publicity secretary of SDP, Yahaya Bahawudeen and made available to Journalists in Lokoja on Friday said the claim by Bello through his press secretary was preceded by series of fake stories planted in the mainstream traditional media houses.
We want to emphasise that no single member of the executive of the SDP in Kogi has decamped or defected to the APC. The name of the Zonal Chairman of Kogi East is Pastor Sunday Atabor; That of Kogi Central is Musa Salawu Odogba while the Zonal Chairman of Kogi West District is Hon Emmanuel Adebayo A.
“Some faceless blogs also went to town with a disparaging fabrication to the effect that our candidate, Alhaji Ajaka had collapsed his campaign into that of the All Progressives Congress (APC).”
“The statement by Mr. Yahaya Bello has effectively proven that the governor that has been hunting and attacking our candidate and our party in the last couple of months is the purveyor of the falsehoods.”
“It would be recalled that Yahaya Bello had in the last two months orchestrated several attacks on our party and candidate which include the burning down of our Kogi State Secretariat and the gun attack on our candidate on June 3, 2023 personally led by the Governor.”
“The crude falsehood about Aihaji Muritala Ajaka and our party members are to say the least, petty, preposterous, naive and provocative and bereft of the sophistication expected of modern political campaign.”
The statement pointed out that all these Zonal Chairmen and the LG Chairmen are not only steadfastly in the party but they are by the grace of God leading the charge to dislodge Mr Yahaya Bello and his cabinet of thugs in the forthcoming November 11, Governorship Elections.
“The names Suleiman Isah and Zubairu Ibrahim given as Zonal Chairmen of Kogi East and Central which was contained in Mr Yahaya Bello’s press statement
are fictitious.”
The statement enjoined Journalists to be circumspect of stories emanating from such individuals who are well known enemies of the state.
“We call on the good people of Kogi State to ignore these desperate falsehoods invented by Mr Bello to douse the raging resolve of the masses of our people to liberate our state from his vice stranglehold.”
