Yahaya Bello’s Ambition Causes Crisis in MKO Abiola’s Family
By Nafisat Bello
Arise TV Presenter, Tudun Abiola, has slammed her sister, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, for comparing Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state with their late father.
Abiola-Costello had appeared on Arise TV on Sunday to explain why she accepted to head Bello’s campaign, stating that the governor’s characters align with those of her father.
She described that the late MKO always believed in a united Nigeria, just like Bello, and treated everyone around him with respect regardless of their social standing.
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“Above are the same qualities I have seen in Governor Bello. Dared to contest, not minding that he was from a minority tribe in Kogi. My father did the same, when it was believed that a Yoruba man could not be President,” she added.
Tudun expressed shock over the comment of her half-sister, asking her to leave their father out of the issue and concentrate on selling the manifestos of her principal.
Tundun, a lawyer and TV Presenter, is the daughter of Mrs Bisi Abiola, MKO Abiola’s third wife, while Hafsat is the daughter of Abiola’s second wife, Kudirat, who was murdered during the June 12 struggle.
She said, “I have come to expect certain things from that individual, but just because it is not surprising, does not mean it was not staggeringly inappropriate.
Meanwhile, Abiola-Costello who is the Director-General of Bello’s presidential campaign, had likened the governor’s Hope23 campaign slogan to Hope’93 slogan of Abiola, who won the June 12, 1993 presidential election
