The second term ambition of Kogi State governor, Alh. Yahaya Bello may not be a smooth sail as expected with ongoing plans to deny him the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

A reliable source who wished to be anonymous disclosed that plans are afoot to give Bello the ‘Ambode’ treatment.
The source disclosed further that the power brokers at the national level of the party are considering the Director General, Consumer Protection Council, Barr. Babatunde Irukera as his replacement.

He stated that Gov. Bello is being haunted by his multiple sins and may have fallen out of favour in the presidency and the caucus of the ruling APC. He disclosed that part of Bello’s sins are his abysmal performance in the state, his decision to pick Senator Smart Adeyemi as the senatorial candidate of the APC in Kogi West against the the wish of the presidency to pick Irukera.
He added that part of what is currently haunting Bello is his decision to fight the current National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and ganged up with other dissidents to get him removed.

The source added that, the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu has not forgiven Bello for blocking his way to make the former running mate of late Abubakar Audu, Hon. James Faleke the governor of Kogi State when the former died at the eve of his victory, explaining that Tinubu is desirous to kick Bello out of Lugard House and bring in his favourite candidate.

According to the source, the choice of Tunde Irukera who hails from Kogi West may not be unconnected to the power shift agitation in Kogi State, a strategy that will suit the game for the Kogi West to taste the seat of power.

However, a source close to the state government disclosed that, Bello is unaware of the naked reality before him, adding that the White Lion has been running from pillar to post to avoid a replay of governor Ambode’s humiliation.

The source maintained that if the presidency and APC caucus succeeded in giving the Kogi APC governorship ticket to Irukera, Bello may consider dumping APC for another party to fight back.

TroubleMaker47:
So APC advicers are this smart!

Tomide007:
Apc is gradually getting smart, removing those that can't win a second time election for them.

fergie001:
There is no real truth to power sharing........

It is true that Kogi West never tastes power but asides Yahaya Bello who became Governor by providence, a Kogi Central person haven't either.....

From 1991, Kogi has gone the Igala way because they have the population and majority of the 21 LGAs that make up the state.

Kogi Central where Yahaya is from, will also want to taste power....Bola Tinubu has no absolute power near Kogi. He is a political strategist but don't over-rate him with Kogi.

If Yahaya will be removed...Buhari wants him removed....Kogi is far too strategic for any party in power for obvious reasons....

Irukera is from Yagba West LGA, a Christian in a Moslem-dominated state........but these reports come from an obvious place the way it started with the Senatorial 'ish......

Knowing Buhari's antecedents.....and the performance of Bello during the Presidetial and HoA elections...only a miracle will make him not get the APC ticket....

Let's be factual sometimes.....

Built2last:
False Equivalences And APC Justification Of Their Criminality

People keep talking bullcrap about how Jonathan back then bullied Amaechi and disrupted Rivers elections and that Amaechi is doing payback.

I challenge the people to present video of the army under Jonathan bullying Amaechi or any APC person.

Amaechi was in collation centers or at least the window. The only time Amaechi was stopped by the army was in Ekiti election. What was he doing in Ekiti. And even then, we do not know the full story as again, no one took videos of it. APC and their press-power spun a lot of tales against Jonathan back then and even now

So NO. Not newspaper story of Amaechi lying that he was locked out of government house. Camera phones and internet was available then

Show videos of Jonathan's army beating up people and stealing ballot boxes and shooting anyone, either in Ekiti or anywhere.

By evening of the election day in Ekiti, Fayemi had congratulated Fayose. It took a week for Fayemi to be railroaded by APC people to say there was rigging. He accepted the result the very hour the CONCLUSIVE election result was announced and without undue gbormorgbormor delays.

The worst evidence they can produce is a useless phonecall of a purported confesssion by a military man

Show videos of any APC supporter being stopped from voting in 2015.

In fact, it was Amaechi STOPPING Jonathan from using a government stadium for campaign. Even Ganduje let Kwankwaso and Atiku use Kano stadium. It was Amaechi bullying Jonathan all through, calling Wole Soyinka to insult Jonathan's wife and call her Manatee and Shepopotamos.

Papers reported rubbish without evidence

That Sahara Reporter guy that ran for president, thunder will fire him for his lies

Show us videos of soldiers under Jonathan or even OBJ or at any previous election helping THIEVES steal ballot boxes.

Buhari is a disgrace to Africa and evolving leadership. He is the type of anachronism that sane people ought have spat out.

Who uses soldiers to shoot at an election observer and kill after threatening to put them in bodybags? Who stops election monitors as they did in Rivers? Who in this day and age does that?

Or you have not seen the EU observers who said the army stopped them from monitoring the election??

We have sunk to ugly depths and idiots try to justify a cesspool with false equivalence

Jonathan or PDP never went about burning people's votes nor stopping people from voting because they know how a tribe is likely to vote and so prevent them from voting

The false equivalences must stop. Defend the shameful and desperate actions of your Buhari and Amaechi without bringing Jonathan's name into it... except you have video evidence like the plethora we have of the disruptive conniving instigating criminal army under a smelly Commander in Chief.