Bello plotting to infiltrate Benue with thugs to influence election, youths allege vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
….we can bring in anybody as far as it is legal – Benue APCMakurdi – The leadership of Benue Youth Forum, BYF, has raised concerns over an alleged plot by neighbouring Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state to infiltrated the state with thugs during the forthcoming Saturday’s rerun to influence the outcome of election.The youths who urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Kogi state Governor to order cautioned that if the plot was executed it could be a recipe for a major crisis in the state.
“The second plan of the Kogi Governor and his APC henchmen is to compel INEC to declare Jime as winner of the election then ask PDP to go to court. “We are law abiding citizens of this country, but we won’t fold our arms and watch a Governor from another state invade our territory to cause political instability. We will vehemently resist any plan to manipulate the election.”
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