Yahaya Bello Told Me I Had Capacity Bigger Than Being Kogi Governor — Onoja

Immediate-past lawman politician of Kogi State, Edward David Onoja, has revealed that his erstwhile principal, Yahaya Bello, reneged connected his committedness to marque him (Onoja) win him (Bello) arsenic governor, erstwhile the second ‘surprisingly’ told him that his capableness bigger than being a governor.

Speaking connected MIC On Podcast published connected Saturday night, Onoja recalled however Bello privately informed him that helium would beryllium backing different campaigner contempt earlier assurances that helium would win him.

“He (Bello) called maine privately and said, ‘Let’s nonstop idiosyncratic else, 1 of us.’ He gave immoderate reasons. One, surprisingly, helium said my capableness was excessively much, and I don’t cognize immoderate that meant. Secondly, helium said that my radical of Kogi East bash not truly similar maine due to the fact that I supported a non-Igala (Bello), but that was his perception. I deliberation my radical emotion me. Finally, helium said determination could beryllium different roles helium would emotion maine to service with him astatine the national level,” Onoja recounted.

Responding to whether helium challenged Bello’s decision, Onoja maintained that helium accepted it without a fight, believing that it was not yet clip for him to go governor.

“He was the boss,” Onoja said. “I felt it was not God’s time, possibly determination is thing bigger ahead.”

The erstwhile lawman politician admitted the improvement was painful, particularly fixed Bello’s long-standing assurance that helium would manus implicit powerfulness to him.

“It was shocking and disappointing due to the fact that erstwhile a person gives you his word, you expect that helium should unrecorded by his word. But humans are humans, truthful we person moved on. I did perpetrate to him that I would enactment for our enactment and our candidate, and I did. And helium (Governor Ododo) is determination contiguous serving,” helium added.

LEADERSHIP reports that Onoja was Bello’s adjacent state earlier they entered Kogi State Government House successful 2015. The erstwhile served arsenic chieft of unit and yet lawman politician nether erstwhile Governor Yahaya Bello.