Governor Yahaya Bello ruling like a Pharaoh in Kogi – PDP

The Kogi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday condemned the leadership style of the state Governor, Yahaya Bello, saying the governor was ruling the state like “Pharaoh.”

The claim was contained in a communiqué by the Kogi West PDP stakeholders meeting held at Isanlu, Yagba East senatorial axis of the state.

According to the communiqué signed by Kogi West Chairman of the party, Taiwo Kola-Ojo, the party also condemned the staff screening exercise which has lasted for over one year, stressing that the audit has resulted in the death of many workers in the state.

The communiqué reads in part: “The meeting condemned the clampdown on PDP members in Kogi State by security agents on the order of Governor Yahaya Bello. We called for the immediate release of Comrade Austin Okai, a blogger and PDP member, who after being incarcerated several days was released on bail by a magistrate court only to be rearrested in the court premises by officers of the special anti-robbery squad over trumped-up charges;

“We observed that a King Pharaoh has reincarnated in Kogi State and the Pharaoh is Governor Yahaya Bello. We therefore called for a halt to the rule of tyranny in Kogi State and resolved to mobilize against persecution of PDP members in the zone and the state as a whole.”

Appraising the performance of Bello since he assumed power 13 months ago, the party said, “Fall out from unending screening exercise, refusal to pay salary and pensions to workers, Kogi people are daily “slumping and dying” from poverty. We urged workers and the electorates to rise up to their freedom by voting out the APC from power;

“The unending screening exercise was a veil to divert public attention from the massive looting of over N100b from Kogi treasury accruing from monthly allocations from the federation account, bailout, Paris Club and development refunds by members and agents of the Yahaya Bello government.”