Governor Bello accuses ex-govs of smuggling hoodlums from Nasarawa, Bayelsa to interrupt bye-election

Governor Bello accuses ex-govs of smuggling hoodlums from Nasarawa, Bayelsa to interrupt bye-election

Kogi state governor has blamed two PDP ex-governors of smuggling hoodlums into the state to disturb the bye-election

The governor assumed that the hoodlums were enlisted from Nasarawa and Bayelsa With less than 24 hours to the House of Representatives by-election in Lokoja/Kotonkarfe constituency, the Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday, August 10, upraised the fear over arrival of political hoodlums supposedly smuggled by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to disturb the exercise. He precisely indicted two ex-governors of the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, commonly known as Ibro and Captain Idris Wada of commanding the plan. A declaration by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Odaudu Joel Minister, alleged that political ruffians were enlisted from Toto in Nassarawa state, Bayelsa state, and additional, areas of the Niger Delta. He instructed the public, particularly Kogi citizens within the constituency to be safekeeping mindful and information unfamiliar movement faces within their areas to security agents who are already on the watch. “The responsiveness of Kogi state government has been drawn to an dreadful progress where some anxious fundamentals of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have smuggled hoodlums from Toto in Nassarawa state, Bayelsa state, and other parts of the Niger Delta into Kogi state to disturb the Lokoja/Kotonkarfe House of Representatives by-election scheduled to hold tomorrow Saturday, 11th August, 2018. “Former Governors Ibrahim Idris (Ibro) and Captain Idris Wada are forefronts of this despicable plan. The Kogi state government fervently denounce this wicked plan in its whole. We comprehend from our cautious social improvements that if such acts are permitted, it will take our democratic agenda back by eras. “We hereby demand on all fans of democracy, friends of Kogi state government, indigenes of broadminded mind-set and security activities to stay vigilant to their tricks. “We are placing all machineries in place from our end to safeguard the whole process is non-violent and tidy and safe for every voter to implement their right. “The general public is hereby alerted to be security mindful and report unfamiliar movement of unfamiliar faces within their terrains to the notice of security agents who are at present on the watch.