Some
serving Senators, federal House of Representatives members, political leaders
and activists from Kogi state led by Senator Dino Melaye, have formed a
coalition known as Safe Kogi Project (SKP) to ensure the removal of the
incumbent governor Yahaya Bello.
The group, which its membership cut
across all the political parties, civil society organisations and other
professionals, howevers said the group was formed also to address what they
called prevailing adverse social, political and economic issues bedeviling the
state.
The
appointed Director General of the group, Comrade Friday Sani, told
newsmen at a press conference on
Monday in Abuja that the state under the current
administration has come to “a messy situation, where the government has become
directionless, aimless and lack commitment to the people and the future of the
development of the state.”
“Governor
Yahaya Bello of Kogi state is just simply failing on a noble responsibility and
his anti peoples conduct in Kogi state must be addressed and corrected for the
future benefit of our people, the Save Kogi Project is therefore a child of
circumstance. It is devoid of political party sentiment, tribal and religious
differences,” Sani stated.
Some
other political leaders present at the conference include; Senator Muhammed
Ohiare, Sen. Atai Aidoko, Dr. Arome Salifu, Com. Kabir Tijani, Hon. Tom
Ohikeru, among others.
Also
speaking, Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) and Senator representing Kogi
west, Dino Melaye, accused the leadership of APC under Chief John Oyegun, of
supporting illegality of Governor Yahaya Bello.
“It
is sad to note that instead of carrying out developmental projects in Kogi
state, the governor has been parading and using the name of the President of
Federal Republic of Nigeria, thinking the name of the President is a special
immunity. The name of Muhammadu Buhari is not, will not and can never be
immunity for any governor. It is sad that he doesn’t even know who Muhammadu
Buhari is.
“President
Muhammadu Buhari will not support, killings, stealing, and when the time for
prosecution comes, I want to believe that his lawyers will use the name of
Muhammadu Buhari to defend himself in the court. But I want to say that the
President of Federal Republic of Nigeria and indeed the leadership of the APC
that have kept mute on all the negative wicked manifestation of Yahaya Bello
are the ones that are fueling crisis in Kogi State.
“The
party has shown that there is no discipline in the APC. The life of a member of
APC, a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was attempted twice, there
was no statement by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, all the
leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) on this matter.”
According
to Melaye, who have been having a running battle with the governor, “We have
never had it so bad, we had never had so terrible in the history of Kogi State
when they have not even built any project.
“The
projects they inherited, they are about to sell, but God forbids, we shall not
allow Yahaya Bello to sell our common patrimony and heritage, we shall not
allow him to sell confluent beach, we shall not allow him to sell our liaison
office in Abuja, we shall not allow him to sell commissioners’ quarters, we
shall not allow him to sell the house of Assembly quarters, no project or
heritage of Kogi State will be sold by Yahaya Bello. We will die on this
matter, we will fight and make sure that we tame this prodigal son who have
come to take us back to the land of Egypt.”
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