KOGI GOVERNOR, YAHAYA BELLO DENIES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HIM
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The state government is making a U-turn just a few hours after the Kogi State Commissioner for Information Kingsley Fanwo in a duly signed statement alleged an assassination attempt on Governor Yahaya Bello.
The claim was refuted by Governor Bello himself, saying he is safe.
He told journalists on Sunday evening in Abuja that it was a misunderstanding that has now been resolved.
“This afternoon at about 14:00 hours, we took off from Lokoja coming to Abuja and the journey was smooth along with my convoy. Just about 16:00 hours, my convoy, the security especially had an encounter with another sister agency and there was a fracas,” the governor said.
“Immediately we waded in and it was resolved. From there we had a smooth journey down to Abuja and ever since I came I’ve been engaging in all the activities that brought me to Abuja.
“Thereafter I began to hear on social media about assassination attempt. I want to state categorically very clear, dear Nigerians, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, that there was no assassination attempt on me, Yahaya Bello, the executive governor of Kogi State by the military or by anybody,” he said.
“It’s natural. Sometimes there will be fracas between sister agencies that are performing their lawful duties; that sometimes can’t be ruled out. But assassination attempt, there is nothing like that. It has been resolved.
“And I don’t condone any act of indiscipline. That fracas to even have happened in the first place, I called on the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Army, the DSS, and all law enforcement agencies that are around me and on the road to investigate it and ensure that whoever is culpable is punished according to the rules and regulations of the various services,” the Kogi governor added.
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