The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has issued a warning to the All Progressives Congress, APC, stating that if his name is not included on the ballot in today's convention to elect the party's presidential flag bearer for the 2023 election, it will be a recipe for crisis within the party. Bello is the current candidate for the All Progressives Congress presidential nomination.
You may remember that the governor walked out of a meeting with the other APC governors in a huff after it was decided that the presidency should be given to the South.
In addition, the governors of the APC forwarded five names to President Buhari so that he could choose his consensus candidate, however Governor Yahaya Bello's name was noticeably absent from the list.
After meeting with President Buhari on June 7th, Governor Bello stated to state house correspondents after the meeting that he believes there is a conspiracy against him. He accused the APC northern governors and some elite of ganging up against him.
According to him, he was not contacted before the APC governors made the decision to support a candidate from the South for president.
Bello, who has described himself as a leading aspirant who would win overwhelmingly if the process is transparent and credible, stated that the only thing that could convince him not to compete in the presidential primary is if President Buhari asks him to step down. He added that this is the only thing that could convince him not to compete.
Since he claims to speak for disenfranchised young people and those who have fallen on hard times, he argued that there was no reason for him to be excluded from the primary.
