IDRIS AHMED, Lokoja .
The” Yahaya Bello Media Office”. has cried out that certain persons have perfected plans to falsely label the immediate past Governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, as a Security threat.
A statement from the Yahaya Bello Media Office signed by Ohiare Michael, alleged that some enemies of the nation are bent on bringing the former Governor down by framing him up as one of the sponsors of the protests #EndBadGovernance protests across the country.
” We have uncovered a high-wired plan by some disgruntled enemies of the nation and persons on the Project Bring Down Yahaya Bello, to frame him up as one of the sponsors of the #EndBadGovernance protests across the country.”the statement read in part.
The Media office stated further that though it wouldn’t have bothered to respond to a clout-chasing criminal, blackmailer and blackmail pawn, a hired gun in the hands of some unpatriotic Nigerians, Jackson Ude, whom they alleged published a fake, malicious and unintelligent report about involvement of Alhaji Yahaya Bello in the ongoing protests across the country.
It however found it pertinent to respond to the tirades of falsehood by the writer because it borders on national security, especially the condemnable act of some protesters displaying the flags of other nations.
” We consider the claims by the discredited Jackson Ude as reckless and irresponsibly malicious. Yahaya Bello is a patriot who had devoted his time, resources and energy to building a united and prosperous Nigeria,” the media office said.
It recalled that it was Yahaya Bello who acted swiftly to resolve a major problem between the North and the South, a major crisis in Nigeria, when he mediated between the Northern food transporters and their Southern counterparts and brought them together as food exchange between the two regions, a move that earned him so much commendations by leaders of the country at that time.
Also in the build up to the 2023 Presidential Poll, a number of impediments and political cum economic landmines were laid, including the Naira Redesign Policy. when the same Yahaya Bello with some of his colleagues then dared the system and secured the judgement that set that aside at the Supreme Court. It was a landmark intervention at a time that the nation was almost collapsing.
To showcase his loyalty to the APC and it’s candidate during the Presidential poll, the group disclosed that Alh. Yahaya Bello mobilized Kogites massively to deliver victory for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, just as he equally
mobilized the youth of the nation as the Youth Mobilization Committee Chairman.
The Media office described Jackson Ude as a notorious blackmailer, whose stock in trade is to manufacture fake news that target politically exposed persons with a view to milking them and also to serve the interests of his paymasters who are antidemocratic forces and enemies of Nigeria.
The group was particularly irked by the latest post credited to Ude on social media where he made ridiculously outrageous claims of Yahaya Bello’s involvement in a phantom scheme to instigate a military coup, saying it was
a further demonstration of the antics of some powerful people to ensure they put a wedge between the President and Alhaji. Yahaya Bello. .
” The former Governor Yahaya Bello is a patriot and democrat par excellence who will never do anything to upset Nigeria’s democratic status. More importantly, His Excellency Yahaya Bello invested his considerable energy, time and resources in supporting the current administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to whom he has remained loyal and committed to this day,” Michael maintained
The statement therefore urged the Police, Department of State Services, and other relevant agencies to investigate the claims of this serial blackmailer with a view to bringing him to book, pointing out that as a matter of national security, must be taken with all seriousness.
