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…says ‘I have no blood relationship with Ododo’<\/p>\n

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Friday, assured the people of Kogi State, and Nigerians in general, that the governorship election billed for November 11, 2023, would be the most peaceful ever held in the state.<\/p>\n

The governor has also reiterated that he has no blood relationship with the APC governorship candidate in the state, Alhaji Usman Ododo, contrary to the propaganda by opposition, noting that he emerged based on merit, through a keenly contested, free and fair election.<\/p>\n

The Governor spoke at the 3rd Governor Yahaya Bello (GYB) Seminar for Nigeria\u2019s Political and Crime Correspondents\/Editors in Abuja.<\/p>\n

On allegations and counter allegations regarding the destruction of campaign offices in the state, the governor said the APC candidate remained the most popular and loved and so would not engage in any act that might mar the poll.<\/p>\n

\u201cOdodo has endeared himself to the\u00a0 people of Kogi. How can you be the most popular candidate, positioned to win and still instigate violence?\u201d He asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cOdodo and I may come from the same place but we do not share any blood relationship whatsoever. Do your findings. He is a very compassionate, hardworking and competent fellow and those qualities spoke for him at the primaries,” he added.<\/p>\n

Bello explained that part of his administration\u2019s focus was to do away with ethnic\u00a0 sentiments that had set the state backwards before his emergence.<\/p>

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\u201cEthnic sentiments set Kogi back for 19 years and we must break away from that for competence. My administration has changed the narrative of ethnicity and has been appointing and working with competent people as against choosing people from tribes in the state.<\/p>\n

“We raise people from different backgrounds, irrespective of their senatorial zones,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Kogi Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, said no blood would be shed because of an election.<\/p>\n

Fanwo said that security remained key to the state and therefore the government would not be distracted from the path of peace.<\/p>\n

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L-R: Executive Vice Chairman\/Editor-in-Chief, Leadership Newspapers, Azubuike Ishiekwene; Senator Sadiku Ohere, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District; President, Nigeria Union Journalists, Chris Isiguzo; Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State; Immediate Past President, Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mustapha Isah; Secretary to the Kogi State Government, Dr (Mrs) Folashade Ayoade; and State Security Adviser, Navy Commander Jerry Omodara (retd), at the 3rd Annual GYB Seminar for Political and Crime Correspondents\/Editors, in Abuja… on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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