{"id":2878,"date":"2022-04-14T13:49:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2022-04-14T13:49:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T13:49:45","slug":"2023-apc-will-lose-kogi-with-bellos-imposition-of-candidates-group-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2023-apc-will-lose-kogi-with-bellos-imposition-of-candidates-group-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: APC Will Lose Kogi with Bello\u2019s Imposition of Candidates \u2013 Group Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a political group in Kogi State, the All Progressives Congress Political Alliance has warned the state Governor to shun the idea of imposing candidates on the people of the state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Spokesperson of the group, Shehu Mustapha while addressing newsmen on Thursday said that Bello&#8217;s recent move to enforce unpopular candidate on the people will divide the party, making it difficult for the party to win elections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The group, while lamenting the recent political wrangling in the Kogi State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress said the alleged imposition of unpopular candidates by Governor Bello could make the party lose all elective seats in the state to opposition parties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mustapha said, \u201cI can authoritatively state that the Governor had already compiled a list of anointed candidates from the three senatorial districts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cHe had compiled the APC state executives to anoint the same candidates for various elective positions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe State party chairman, Abdullahi Bello should stop deceiving the public by saying APC will not impose candidates. 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