Director General, Yahaya Bello campaign organisation, Senator Smart Adeyemi has said the traditional institution along with major stakeholders in the Western senatorial axis had already taken a stand for Yahaya Bello second term, stressing that anyone who act contrary in the zone amount to fighting the ancestors.
The senator who spoke in Lokoja during a visit to the NUJ Press centre said the called on the PDP Director General for the guber poll, Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf and the PDP Deputy Governorship candidate, Sam Aro to resign their position from the race saying ethnic stand of the PDP candidate warrant the duos to throw in the towel.
Adeyemi said the PDP guber candidate Thursday statement during AIT interview was a worried and sad development, said its coming at a period when Kogites had already queued behind Governor Yahaya Bello’s view at uniting all ethnic groups.
Advising, the PDP Director General, Reps member Tajudeen Yusuf to resign his appointment, Adeyemi said failure will amount to him running against the wishes of the people, “I advise my brother who hailed from the same federal constituency with me, TJ Yusuf to resign as their DG; so as not to allow our ancestors to rage against him.
“As we stand, the Obaro of Kabba , who is the chairman, Okun traditional council, along with Olulu of Mopa, Agbana of Isanlu, Elegbe of Egbe, Olujumu of Ijumu and other traditional institutions across Okun land coupled with critical stakeholders has all endorsed Governor Bello for another term. Anything he does contrary to this is an attempt to confront a moving train with the strength of a pick up van.
“The traditional institutions through divine guidance has resolved to throw their weight for Yahaya Bello; ,TJ Yusuf must take that into account.
“Nobody who has represented or who is representing our people will go against the divine guidance of the traditional institutions. Doing so amount to incurring the wrath of the ancestors.
“His (Yusuf) political carrier will be in serious jeopardy and his representation will become anti – people. As a senior brother, I advice him to quit his position before he’s tagged anti-people. He should be courageous to tell his party to go back to the drawing board in 2023; this election has been concluded.
“For Aro, he should put into perspective the utterances of his governorship candidate which amount to telling him that his people are inconsequential in the state. It is parochial, and amount to hate speech.
“This election is too important for Kogi West people to freight away; the election is beyond the social media rhetorics.”
Stressing further, “Their is no moral or political justification for anybody to campaign for a candidate of a younger brother to a former governor who also double as an in law to another former governor. More disheartening to say that this families all contributed to Kogi woes which Governor Bello is tackling gradually.
“If former governor Ibrahim Idris who is a father in law of the candidate can reject his appointment as Chairman Campaign council, I don’t know what TJ is still waiting for. I advice him to decamp to APC, our doors are opened, we await his arrival.
“TJ should follow the part of honour and integrity, thank PDP and quit. Many who have rejected their appointment in the campaign committee constituted knew the woeful outcome that await them”.
