Report Of Yahaya Bello’s Withdrawal Of Support For Tinubu Is False, Irresponsible – APC
By Kabir Akintayo
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has denied the report that Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, withdrew his support for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The story was published on the front page of Sunday Tribune on Sunday.
It was alleged that Tinubu is supporting James Faleke, the secretary, Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) to succeed Bello as the next governor of Kogi state, which the governor feels would threaten his interest.
However, the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, in a statement made available to POLITICS DIGEST on Sunday, described the news as the hand work of opposition, trying to create rift between the two political gladiators from Kogi state.
The statement read in full:
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“Our attention has been drawn to a front page report in Sunday Tribune of today, January 22, 2023, that the Governor of Kogi State and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, His Excellency, Yahaya Bello, has “tactically” withdrawn support for our Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu over imagined political permutations on the Kogi State Governorship election scheduled for November.
“The story is maliciously false and a figment of the imagination of it’s author and sponsors.
“Governor Yahaya Bello who serves as the National Youth Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, is a solid, resourceful and committed campaigner for our Party’s Candidate, leading a massively successful outreach to youth voters across the country.
“This FAKE NEWS, ostensibly intended to float an imagined rift between Governor Yahaya Bello and Honourable James Faleke, Secretary of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, is the desperate and disgraceful conjecture of opposition elements unsettled by our Party’s giant campaign strides. Both loyal Party men are unquestionably committed and working tirelessly for the resounding victory of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in next month’s presidential election.
“We urge our Party compatriots and all Nigerians to disregard this fake news.”
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