Only God can stop Buhari in 2019, says Kogi gov.

Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Tuesday evening, said only God could stop President Muhammad Buhari from winning the 2019 presidential election saying “the President does not need the advice of anybody to make up his mind to run”.

Governor Bello was apparently responding to the statement  of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday morning, where he claimed that President Buhari has failed Nigerians and advised him not to recontest again, governor Bello took a swipe on Buhari critics saying ” they were there before what did they do.”

Recall that Governor Bello was among the seven  APC governors who  went to Aso rock , a day  after 73 herdsmen victims were buried In Benue state to endorse the re election bid of Buhari, an action Obasanjo said  was ” a sad  symptom of insensitivity and callousness”

But Governor Bello, at a town hall meeting, in Lokoja township stadium, to mark his second year anniversary, said he was surprised that the President critics are deploring all means, including the manipulation of the media, to bring back Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to governance, saying ‘they are all bound to fail’.

In his words, “The same PDP which ruined our economy are planning to come back again to power, President Buhari has poured cold water on them and they are sweating profusely because they can not contain the remaining six years of his administration”.

The governor who was conspicuously furious about the absence of the 12 National Assembly members from the state, at the occasion, lambasted them of doing nothing to improve the fortunes of the state saying they are rather good in criticising his administration.

“By 2019 we are going  to change all of them and bring credible people to represent us, for over two years they have been there what project did they influence to the state, they are doing nothing and only prefer to criticize the good works we are doing.” Governor Bello added.

On his own re-election, the governor said he was sure that his achievements would speak for him but added, “Everything is in the hands of God not any man.”