In addition to his place as Kogi’s first citizen for eight years, different issues about ex-Gov. Yahaya Bello solely thrummed within the background. Till his over N80-billion money-laundering shit hit the fan.
And the revelation contrasts with its lily-white personae.
Listed below are a few issues to know concerning the former governor turned fugitive:
- Bello contested, misplaced the state’s guber main, however, one way or the other, inherited his get together’s guber victory at 40. He spent eight years in workplace.
- Most issues about him appeared in white or shades of white. He known as himself White Lion; and he decked out principally in white babringa
- When he contested for his first time period, he confronted as much as Bola Tinubu, then APC’s nationwide chief, who needed to job in his boy Hon James Faleke. Now the White Lion is on the mercy of Tinubu, by the way one other Lion—of Bourdillon.
- Yahaya Bello contested the APC presidential main election with Tinubu and a few dozen others in 2023. He promised to sort out corruption, and convey youth into governance.
- After his loss, and in the direction of the tip of his tenure, Bello made a play for the APC nationwide chairmanship. The ambition withered inside his internal circle.
- He grew to become the primary APC former governor to indicate a clear pair of heels earlier than his trial ever began.