APC insist on public retraction and apology from Abaribe against Bello

By Oluchi Ihediuche

The Acting Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena has called for a public apology and retraction of statement by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe against the governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello and it’s senator Smart Adeyemi.

This is coming after Abaribe insisted that he would not disassociate himself from a video, making round’s on social media discrediting Governor Bello stating he should dismiss his ambition to run for any office come 2023 among other allegations in the video.

The Acting Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress made known on Tuesday through a press release made available to journalist, said the allegations were all false as his utterances were not just an aspersion on the governor but other Senators representing Kogi State at the red chambers.

“We make reference to the deplorable video by Senator Abaribe against His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello, which has been circulating on most social media platforms. As expected, the attention of Senator Smart Adeyemi was immediately drawn to the video by well-meaning kogites who were naturally disturbed by the falsehood of its contents.

“The three Senators representing Kogi state, Adeyemi inclusive, approached Senator Abaribe, insisting that his false and malicious utterances were not just an assault on the Governor of Kogi State, but to all Nigerian Youth who have ambition to serve our great country, Nigeria. They tried without luck to persuade Abaribe to retract the verbal and unwarranted attack on His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello

He stated that the Kogi senators approached Abaribe in a bid to remedying an already bad situation earlier, But Abaribe vehemently refused to heed their call for peace. Rather, he insisted that he would not disassociate himself from the video.

“particularly as the contents were in its entirety false and not a true representation of the Governor, or the state of affairs in Kogi. The senators approached him in a bid to remedying an already bad situation. But Abaribe refused to heed their call for peace. Rather, he insisted that he would not disassociate himself from the video, stating in what would appear to be calling their bluff, that Governor Bello should dismiss his ambition to run for any office come 2023 and clearly said that he will neither retract nor apologise.

“It is on record that Abaribe made grievous and false verbal attacks discrediting Governor Yahaya Bello. He personally admitted to this on the floor of the senate. How the PDP have conveniently edited this fact from the sequence of events is unbecoming, but characteristic of the party’s modus operandi.

” Indeed, if there is any apology to be tendered, it should be by Senator Abaribe who must RETRACT every statement in the video currently trending, disparaging the achievement and the person of Governor Bello. Senator Abaribe’s utterances were not only false, irresponsible and malicious but most importantly, totally unprovoked. And on this note.

He insist that senator Abaribe must publicly withdraw the false statements made by him, or be prepared to face the full brunt of the law.

“On this note, the “strong warning” issued by the PDP should immediately be directed at Senator Abaribe who should have considered his Governor and constituents before making false and
unbridled statements about a performing Governor of another State, worst still, refusing vehemently to retract and apologise.

Oluchi Ihediuche