‘Nigerians should be patient with Buhari’

A governorship aspirant in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, yesterday asked Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said Kogi State needs a change of power in the 2016 governorship election.

Bello advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership to allow free and fair primaries to be able to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The aspirant, who spoke at a briefing in Abuja, said: “On March 28, change came. I wish to appeal to all Nigerians to be patient with President Buhari and cooperate with him.

“We are in an unusual situation and it requires an unusual solution. We must all rally round Buhari.

“Kogi deserves change in 2016 because of the poor leadership it is experiencing. Kogi State is disadvantaged; the maladministration is affecting the people.

“When you compare our infrastructural development with other states, there is nothing on ground. No infrastructure, no human capital development. This is why we believe the wind of change must blow in Kogi State.”


On the presence of heavyweights aspiring to be the APC governorship candidate in Kogi, Bello said: “As long as there will be fair play, I am not intimidated and I cannot be intimidated.

“Ex-Governor Abubakar Audu and other heavyweights have the right to contest for the governorship ticket. I also have the right.

“At the end of the day, it is the citizens who will determine who will be their governor.”

“We believe that the fairness which led to the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as the APC presidential candidate will be replicated at the state level.”

Concerning the looming two-party system in the country, Bello said: “The constitution naturally recognises multi-party system but if we are gravitating towards that, so be it.”