A political pressure group, Kogi Democratic Forum (KDF)
has accused some powerful external political forces for the endless litigations
that have attended the emergence of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.
In an interview with newsmen in Abuja, the leader of
the Forum, Alhaji Ozigi Omeiza noted that these forces were determined to
impose their cronies on the State so that they would continue to plunder its
resources to the detriment of the people of Kogi.
These forces would not stop at anything to derail
Governor Yahaya Bello because of his presumed closeness to the APC political
establishment and unalloyed loyalty to the president as doing so was believed
to be in furtherance of their political agenda in 2019.
He alleged that one of the top leaders of the ruling
All Progressives Congress (APC) from the South West had planned to infiltrate
the Judiciary with a view to scuttling the mandate given to AlhajiYahaya Bello
at the polls.
AlhajiOmeiza commended the Judiciary for standing firm
in the face of media onslaughts that had been launched against judgments of the
Election Petitions Tribunal and Court of Appeal, Abuja which all ruled in
favour of Governor Bello.
It would be recalled that between June 8 and June 12,
2016, the Elections Petitions Tribunal ruled that Bello was validly elected in
the petitions brought by Hon. James Faleke and former Governor Idris Wada of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Both Faleke and Wada proceeded to the appellate courts
in Abuja to challenge the Tribunal rulings. In separate judgments delivered by
Justice JummaiHannatuShankey and Justice Owoade Mojeed, the tribunal judgments
were upheld.
The leader of KDF expressed satisfaction with the
various court rulings that validated the nomination and election of Alhaji Yahaya
Bello as the rightful candidate in the November 2016 Governorship elections.
He expressed optimism that Governor Bello would triumph
at the Supreme Court.
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