You Lied On Security Threats, Payment Of Salaries – KDG Tells Gov. Bello

‎Kogi Democratic Group (KDG) has debunked Governor Yahaya Bello’s claims of stable security arrangement and up-to-date payment of workers salaries in Kogi State.

Gov. Yahaya Bello 

In a statement released by the group’s spokesman, Abdul Abdul, KDG said Governor Bello has perfected the art of lying by continuous mis-information.

The group, according to Abdul, found it expedient to react to the Governor’s claims that there have been no records of crimes in the state in the last 60 days. He stated that Kogi people are being kidnapped and robbed on a daily basis in the state.

“Barely two months ago, the police in Kogi on Tuesday confirmed the killing of two police officers and the abduction of an expatriate by unknown gunmen at a construction site along Obajan-Oshokoshoko-Kabba road in the state. The abducted expatriate, Mr Jose Machada, a Portuguese civil engineer, later died while in captivity.

“On November 2, 2017, the Area Superintendent of The Apostolic Church, Lokoja, Pastor Alfred Funsho Amode narrated how he escaped being kidnapped around Osara village along Lokoja-Okene highway.

“Early November, 2017, triple murder case was widely reported in Okene, Kogi State. Abdulganiyu Aduki, an artisan who was killed around 7:30pm on Tuesday, 31st October, 2017 at Nagazi in Adavi Local Government Area. His wife and daughter were also shot during the incidence. A labour leader, Mallam Abdulmumin Yaqub and his friend, Mallam Ibrahim Otaru, were gunned down at the home of the former in Ozuwaya, Bariki Ward of Okene Local Government Area around 7pm on Wednesday, 1st November, 2017.

“Also in November, the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Emeka Onwe Ogah and one of his administrative officers were kidnapped in Kogi state around Ajaokuta while the CMD and the officer were returning from Abuja where they went for a meeting. Police later confirmed their release.

“In December, there were reported cases of assassination attempts on opposition party leaders in Dekina. Security threats are still on Kogi state even in Ajaokuta, a local government next to the seat of government,” he said.

Abdul said Kogi workers and pensioners have left the governor to God’s judgment for his consistent lies and misleading utterances after refusing to pay them their entitlements but resorted to payment of half salaries from one month to four months when it was owing some of them 21 to 24 months.

He said the people of Kogi did not, at any fora, endorse ‎President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term. He stated that Governor Bello made the utterances in his capacity as the chief executive of Kogi State but not reflecting the wishes of the people.

“The current administration in Kogi and Nigeria has not done anything credible to warrant people’s acceptance for re-election. The imposition of Governor Yahaya Bello on Kogi State has brought untold hardship on Kogites and by extension Nigerians.”

He urged the anti graft agency, EFCC, to look into erratic pensions and workers’ salary payment in Kogi as Governor Bello’s claim to have borrowed 10 billion Naira to pay salaries is a naked lie concocted to cover up his financial recklessness.

Kogi Reports