Kogi APC guber primary: I’ll defeat Yahaya Bello — Seidu

An aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State, Prof. Seidu Ogah Mohammed, says he will defeat Governor Yahaya Bello at the primary, whether direct or indirect.

Seidu, in a statement on Thursday by his Director of Communication, Moses Abdullahi, said aspirants and their supporters would resist the rigging of the party’s primary slated for August.

He described as a poorly-executed hatchet job, a statement credited to the state chapter of the party calling for the disqualification of some contenders in the race for the party’s ticket.

He alleged that such call was to clear the way for Bello’s victory at the primary.

He also alleged that the party was not hiding its plan to shut credible contenders out of the race.

He said they (aspirants) were open to direct primary as a way of selecting the party’s flag bearer “because it is more democratic. With or without the direct primary, we will defeat Yahaya Bello fair and square.”

“The life of a single person who has died from hunger as a result of nonpayment of salary should matter and its loss is regrettable and calls for serious concern. It is more painful when such life is lost in a preventable circumstance,” the statement said.