{"id":4748,"date":"2022-10-14T14:01:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T14:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=4748"},"modified":"2022-10-30T20:39:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T19:39:23","slug":"yahaya-bello-versus-aliko-dangote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/yahaya-bello-versus-aliko-dangote\/","title":{"rendered":"Dialogue with Nigeria: Yahaya Bello Versus Aliko Dangote"},"content":{"rendered":"
– DIALOGUE WITH NIGERIA By Akin Osuntokun\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n One of the political monstrosities bequeathed by President Mohammadu Buhari was the Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello. At the bizarre demise of the candidate that won the 2016 governorship election in the state, Alhaji Abubakar Audu, the logical expectation was that the running mate to the deceased candidate, James Faleke, would step into the shoes of his principal. But the incipient ethno religious bigotry that would define the Nigerian presidency in the past seven years and a matching suppliant Judiciary supervened. The peculiar fate of Audu was then reinforced with the absurdity of the choice of the replacement. Lest Buhari be indifferent to who steps in to pick up the mantle, a Kogi state Senator had rushed to warn the President that should Faleke replace his principal, it would tantamount to donating kogi state to his Yoruba mentor, (Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu) who would thereby be granted the right of way to penetrate the Northern stronghold of Buhari.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n