Major Trouble For Yahaya Bello As Audu’s Son Mustapha Gets “Presidential” Backing Ahead Nov Kogi Guber

Eniola Adeniyi

The information available has it that a very major threat to the second term ambition of Governor of Kogi state Yahaya Bello has emerged.

And it is right within his source of political power- the Presidency.

Societynow.ng gathered that certain interests within the presidency are seriously considering throwing weight behind Mustapha Audu, the son of late Abubakar Audu.

The son of the former governor has declared intention to become the next governor of Kogi state and has initiated intense awareness campaign.

Societynow.ng gathered that Mustapha is riding heavily on the support of the political structure of his late father and the sympathy of the former governor’s associates to gain public acceptance.

Insiders disclosed that the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress has become concerned about Mustapha Audu’s growing popularity at the expense of the unpopularity of salary owing governor Yahaya Bello is battling serious allegations of bad performance.

Societynow.ng gathered that the possibility of adopting Mustapha as the APC candidate to enable the party to retain the state with a win in the November 2019 gubernatorial election is being seriously considered.

Information monitored on justumagazine.com revealed that as part of efforts to achieve this objective, major players within the presidency reached out to Mustapha and initiated major discussion.

The magazine that has veteran Adewale Ademokoya has publisher reported that Mustapha had a call from the Presidency on Thursday, May 16, 2019, and had an over one-hour meeting with the Gideon Sammani, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

Far-reaching propositions that may knock off re-election seeking Governor Yahaya Bello’s chances of retaining the APC gubernatorial candidate for the November election was reportedly considered.

While this development is said to have buoyed the confidence of Mustapha’s supporters in his chances of becoming the next governor, it has made lobbying hard to retain the party leaders confidence governor Bello naturally more embattled insiders disclose.