For 4 Years Ex-Governor Bello Told Me I Will Succeed Him Until A Day To Primaries — Edward Onoja

Former lawman politician of Kogi State, Edward David Onoja, has revealed that his erstwhile principal, Yahaya Bello, assured him for 4 years that helium would win him arsenic governor, lone to alteration his determination a time earlier the All Progressives Congress (APC) superior election.

Onoja made the disclosure during an interrogation connected MIC ON Podcast published connected Saturday night, wherever helium recounted his governmental travel and his narration with erstwhile Governor Bello.

LEADERSHIP recalls that Onoja had served arsenic Chief of State for astir 4 years earlier becoming lawman politician nether Bello until their tenure elapsed.

“For 4 years earlier 2023, helium (Yahaya Bello) was the 1 who called maine and said, ‘You volition win me, get prepared.’ And of course, I planned, I worked, and erstwhile it was time, helium gave each of america the accidental (to contest),” Onoja said.

According to him, astir 7 furniture members astatine the time, including himself, picked up the All Progressives Congress (APC) information forms connected Bello’s directive, but successful the end, Bello’s enactment was with the existent governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo.

“At the extremity of the day, his bosom and his prime was with the existent governor, His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo,” helium said.

Onoja revealed that Bello broke the quality to him conscionable a time earlier the enactment primaries, a determination helium respected contempt his disappointment.

“When helium broke the quality to maine a time earlier the primaries, I told him, ‘You are the boss, you are implicit me, what you spot is what I see, truthful let’s spell get the occupation done, but I anticipation you are not making a mistake.’ There were nary issues, and past we went to the tract and did our champion for our candidate,” helium stated.

Onoja, who is present a committee subordinate of the South-East Development Commission (SEDC), emphasised that contempt the crook of events, helium remained committed to ensuring triumph for the party’s eventual campaigner and victor of the past Kogi State governorship election, Ododo, who went connected to win Bello.