{"id":68731,"date":"2023-01-30T19:18:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=68731"},"modified":"2023-01-30T19:30:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:30:52","slug":"bello-flags-off-campaign-in-kogi-east-says-apc-set-to-win-general-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/bello-flags-off-campaign-in-kogi-east-says-apc-set-to-win-general-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Bello Flags Off Campaign In Kogi East, Says APC Set To Win General Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has urged the people of the state to remain steadfast and vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general elections, giving assurances the party will win the presidential polls and other elections across the country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68741 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG-20230130-WA0052-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG-20230130-WA0052-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG-20230130-WA0052-72x110.jpg 72w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG-20230130-WA0052-276x420.jpg 276w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG-20230130-WA0052-283x430.jpg 283w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG-20230130-WA0052.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>Bello stated this, while flagging off the Tinubu\/Shettima Presidential\/National and state Assembly campaign in Anyingba, Kogi East, where he assured of an outstanding victory at the forthcoming polls.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stormed the venue of the Kogi East rally to show their support for the party.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, who spoke amidst loud cheers and ovations from the mammoth supporters of the party, stressed that the what the APC has displayed at the rally is the oneness of the party.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64488 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shettima-and-Tinubu-1-300x168.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shettima-and-Tinubu-1-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shettima-and-Tinubu-1-110x62.webp 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shettima-and-Tinubu-1-420x236.webp 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shettima-and-Tinubu-1-248x138.webp 248w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/shettima-and-Tinubu-1.webp 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Governor said that apart from the fact that party supporters attended the rally on their own volition, out of their love and dedication coupled with their desire for dividends of democracy, stakeholders from the eastern region were fully on ground to deliver APC across board.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Bello then presented all the candidates in Kogi East to the crowd, and stated that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Mr. Kashim Shettima remained the presidential\/Vice Presidential candidate the state was rooting for.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32214 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/390bad7b-apc-696x385-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"APC\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/390bad7b-apc-696x385-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/390bad7b-apc-696x385-110x61.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/390bad7b-apc-696x385-420x232.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/390bad7b-apc-696x385-248x138.jpg 248w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/390bad7b-apc-696x385.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>He assured that Kogi State APC was committed to coming up with the highest percentage amongst the entire 36 states for the Presidential, Senatorial\/HOR and State Assembly elections, while urging the people not to be deceived by the opposition.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn 2019, you delivered 100% because you are trustworthy people and I believe this time similar feet would be repeated across board,\u201d the governor told the people.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in his opening remarks, the Deputy Director General, Kogi State Tinubu\/Shettima Campaign Council and Deputy Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Alfa Momoh Rabiu, thanked the governor for giving the level playing ground for the emergence of credible candidates, a development he noted, made campaign council\u2019s work easy.<\/p>\n<p>He affirmed that all the candidates presented by the APC for the general polls were generous, popular and acceptable, noting that the party structure would galvanize support for them and guarantee their victory.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jibrin Echocho, the Senatorial Senatorial of Kogi East, in his goodwill message, said Governor Bello\u2019s developmental strides in Kogi East had done 80% of their campaign work while the remaining 20% was for each candidate to work on their individual, interpersonal relationships and acceptable with the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>He then advised the people to go out, cast their votes and give victory to the party.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has urged the people of the state to remain steadfast and vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general elections, giving assurances the party will win the presidential polls and other elections across the country.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":68738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,624],"tags":[10118],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-68731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-politics","tag-asiwaju-ahmed-bola-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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