It is no news that President Muhammadu Buhari played host to state governors at his personal residence in Daura, Katsina State, during the Sallah break, including Yahaya Bello of Kogi...
It is no news that President Muhammadu Buhari played host to state governors at his personal residence in Daura, Katsina State, during the Sallah break, including Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, who had his Chief of Staff, Jamiu Abdulkareem Asuku among his entourage.
While Asuku’s “introduction” by his boss may not be politically motivated, the news hit the streets of Lokoja, Kogi State capital and environs that parley with Buhari had gone beyond visitation etiquette. Beyond the argument that only West is yet to produce governor, the performance/contribution of the zone to Bello’s second term election, and the fact that as fellow minorities, the Yoruba/Lokoja/Kotonkarfe would not stand a better chance than now, under Bello, an Ebira remains a moot point.
Against predictions, Bello won the 2019 election by a landslide margin. From the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission , Bello scored 406,222 votes to defeat Wada who polled 189,704 votes. The reality is that the Igala will be out of power for eight years! Although the governor is said to have kept his cards to his chest, influential lobbying groups within APC are said to be working round the clock in favour of Asuku to emerge as consensus candidate of APC.
He explained further, “From a total registered voters in the East, put at 804, 715, the total votes cast for Yahaya Bello stood at 90, 317, representing 11.22 percent. In Kogi West, from a possible 432,515 total of registered voters, the zone returned 79, 899 votes for APC governorship candidate, representing 18.47 percent of total registered voters in the zone.
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