APC NWC: Yahaya Bello insists Meseko, Okolo must go

By Thompson Yamput

The Kogi chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC has insisted that Governor Yahaya Bello’s objection to appointment of Duro Meseko as the Deputy National Publicity Secretary and Ikani Shuaibu Okolo as New Zonal Organising Secretary, North Central Zonal chapter of the party still stands.

Meseko and Okolo were recently appointed to fill two vacant positions zoned to Kogi by the National Working Committee, NWC of APC.

However, the Kogi chapter of the party and Governor Bello had rejected the appointees.

Kogi APC said names of the officers, unanimously agreed upon and sent to national party secretariat were discarded for unknown persons in Meseko and Okolo.

Some reports had however indicated that the state chapter of the party had reached an agreement with the APC NWC over the issue.

But in a statement on Friday, Alh. Abdullahi Bello, Chairman, Kogi APC denied the reports.

Bello, who made the rebuttal in a statement in Lokoja on Friday said: “It’s falsehood being circulated by enemies of our party.”

The chairman added, “The purported compromise being circulated by enemies of APC in Kogi to the effect that the governor has been told to produce the zonal organising secretary and concede the deputy national publicity secretary is false.

“There is no iota of truth in that report. We know the people behind such misinformation and falsehood but we remain committed to the position of the National Chairman of the party and we know all of us will ensure that the Constitution of the party is protected and preserved.

“Nothing was discussed about concessions because it will be a violation of the constitution of our party and due process for which our party is known.

“Gov. Yahaya Bello is a loyal party man, who will only accept what is constitutional. He has great respect for the President and the leadership of the party, ” he said.

He went on to reveal that the matter of the party was almost resolved as all parties had agreed to honour the constitution of the party.

“Our governor is only acting on behalf of hundreds of thousands of APC members in Kogi and has nothing personal against any individual.”

(NAN)