POLITICS: Tunde Ajibulu: Yahaya Bello Lacks Knowledge Of Kogi Politics

Tunde Ajibulu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State
at the weekend said Governor Yahaya Bello lacks a deep knowledge of the
history and intricacies of politics in the state.
Reacting to a statement by the governor that he would defeat any opponent
from Kogi East in the November 16 governorship election, Ajibulu who was a
member of the Logistics Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council
in the just-concluded general elections, said Kogi East had always produced
the governor since the formation of the state in 1991 because it constitutes 50
percent of the voting population.
According to him, even the incumbent governor was only a beneficiary of the
votes of the people of Kogi East as he was chosen to replace the late Abubakar
Audu who was leading in the governorship election before his unfortunate
demise.
“I am not sure someone of his caliber made this statement, but if he actually
did, then the governor doesn’t seem to have deep knowledge about the history,
nature, and intricacies of Kogi politics. Indeed, one of the fundamental features
of a democracy is government based on majority rule”.
“So everywhere, politics is a game of numbers and the majority will always
have their way. To refresh his memory, Kogi East Senatorial district constitute
more than 50% of the total voting population of Kogi state and that is why all
the governorship elections that have been held since the creation of the state in
1991 starting from Abubakar Audu in 1992 to the same Abubakar Audu in 2015
has been won by candidates from Kogi East Senatorial District. Bello should
recollect that he lost the 2015 APC primaries because of the votes of delegates
from Kogi East and West”.
“I would like to inform him that democracy is evolving positively in Nigeria. Look
at what happened during the 2019 governorship elections in Adamawa, Kwara,
Bauchi, Ogun, Oyo, and Imo States where despite the enormous powers of
incumbency, sitting governors either lost their reelection bids or failed to install
their protégés because of their bad antecedents and poor performance”.
“The governor was the lucky beneficiary of the sad events surrounding the
unfortunate demise of actual winner of the 2015 Governorship election, but he
couldn’t manage the attendant political dysfunction that characterised the
crisis which has totally eroded the credibility of his regime,” he said.
https://www.independent.ng/yahaya-bello-lacks-knowledge-of-kogi-politics- ajibulu/

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