Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, a presidential aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned that leaving his name off the ballot in today’s convention to elect the party’s presidential flag bearer will invite trouble. Bello, one of the aspirants cleared to run for the party’s presidential ticket in the 2023 election, claimed there was a plot against him, accusing the APC’s northern governors and some elite of colluding.
He claimed that excluding him from the primary was unnecessary because he represents the youth and the oppressed.
Speaking to reporters after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday at the State House in Abuja, Bello described himself as a leading aspirant who would win overwhelmingly if the process was transparent and credible.
“Getting into the arena today, I will win overwhelmingly if the process is credible,” he says.
According to him, the only reason he would not run in the presidential primary is if President Buhari orders him to do so.
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