Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, reportedly Sunday, March 11 fired members of the state executive council and the 21 administrators of the local government areas and in a paranoid manner reversed the decision few minutes later.
Straightnews reported Sunday that Bello announced the decision at an on-going meeting he held with all political appointees at the Government House, Lokoja, the state capital.
The report quoted a source as saying the governor directed all the 15 commissioners and 21 local government administrators to submit the keys to their official vehicles to the Secretary to State Government (SSG).
Of recent, the governor had been in a running battle with Senator Dino Melaye.
In various media reports, Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district in the National Assembly, accused Governor Yahaya Bello of importing security gadgets without approval from the National Security Adviser (NSA), as demanded by the law.
Melaye, who made the accusation at the Senate’s plenary on Thursday, March 8, said he had enough proof to show that the items were imported unknowing to the NSA.
In adding pep to the allegation, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) said the alleged linking of the ruling party and Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, is saying more about the party’s desperation a 2019 elections near.
In a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, its national publicity secretary, on Saturday, March 10, asked the presidency to investigate the Kogi state governor who was linked to the alleged importation by Senator Dino Melaye.
(NAIJ.News)
