March 26, (THEWILL) – Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has waded into the suspension of a National Working Committee (NWC) member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Murtala Yakubu, by the executive members of Ajaka Ward 1, over alleged anti-party activities.
Yakubu, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, was suspended by the entire executive members of APC, Ajaka Ward 1, Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State
Bello, while reacting to the suspension, warned against divisive tendencies that could jeopardise the interest of the party and undermine the peace and unity that the ruling party had been known for in the state under his leadership.
He made this known at the weekend in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, Kingsley Fanwo.
The governor specifically reacted to the seeming back and forth on the suspension of a member of the APC National Working Committee from the state, Hon. Murtala Yakubu
He urged the gubernatorial aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the state to focus on their strengths in wooing party members ahead of the primary election scheduled to be held in April.
Bello, while wishing all the governorship aspirants a successful screening exercise, said that the party would ensure a fair playing ground for the best candidate to emerge in the primary election, expressing confidence that APC would win the governorship election with a wide margin in November.
The statement reads, “The attention of the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has been drawn to a series of publications on the suspension or not of a member of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State, Hon. Murtala Yakubu.
“The Governor, as the leader of our great party in Kogi State, warns against bickerings that can undermine the peace and unity that the APC has been known for under his leadership. He has, therefore, directed all aspirants in the forthcoming governorship primaries in the state to focus on their strengths in wooing party members and refrain from divisive tendencies in the interest of the party.
“Our party will ensure a fair playing ground for the best candidate to emerge in the primary election and together we shall win the governorship election, with a wide margin in November.
“Governor Yahaya Bello wishes all aspirants successful screening”, it added.
