“If Yahaya Bello and his people know they are strong, they should stop attacking the people of Kogi State let’s show our popularity on Saturday poll, Muri said.
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 11, 2023 election in Kogi State, Murtala YAKUBU Ajaka, says Yahaya Bello, the governor of kogi state wants to force a successor which is his cousin brother from the same ward on the people of the Kogi state.
“He (Bello) wants to force a successor on the people of Kogi State,” Ajaka alleged on Channels Television.
The SDP candidate also alleged threat to his life in Ayingba in the Dekina Local Government Area of kogi state early Tuesday.
“They thought I was there; their target was to get me assassinated,” Ajaka alleged. “They came between 3am and 4am and started shooting.”
Ajaka said the people of the state want change, adding that “it is not for me to disclose my winning formula. 11/11 shall tell. If Yahaya Bello and his people know they are strong, they should stop attacking the people of Kogi State”.
Some of the top contenders in the November 11, 2023 poll in Kogi include SDP’s Ajaka; Leke Abejide of the African Democratic Party (APC); Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who is an ex-Auditor General of Local Government in Kogi under Bello.