Former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has threatened to take a legal action against those behind a report by a news website indicating that he is attacking President Bola Tinubu.
The website is quoted as saying that Yahaya Bello had said he would “reveal to the world how President Tinubu became President.”
“We have alerted security agencies to unveil the identities of those behind the website that was used in circulating this fake report and will ensure that the purveyors of the fake news face the legal consequences of their action,” the former governor declared.
Yahaya Bello, in a statement by the director of his media officer, Mr. Ohiare Michael, said the statement was not only misleading but also a confirmation of how “unintelligent some unrelenting detractors of the former governor are.”
The former governor said the report was part of the desperate plot by some politicians to strain the relationship between him and the president.
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He described it as “the most laughable twist in their failed bid to execute their bring-him-down-at-all-costs mirage.”
He said every Nigerian who had been following court proceedings, since he submitted himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, knew that trial had not commenced in any of the cases.
He said he had only taken his plea at both courts.
“The court is an open place where proceedings are monitored by journalists and other stakeholders. This is the reason no informed Nigerian would even consider opening this sick report… But a ‘conquered’ mind is a sick mind, so we understand the plight of these mischief makers,” he said.
“We, however, wish to stress here that even those that the hatchet job executors are trying to confuse know that His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has great respect for the person and office of Mr. President and would never make such ridiculous remarks attributed to him against the President.
“Alhaji Yahaya Bello will continue to support the President and his party, the All Progressives Congress, despite the misleading picture his detractors are trying so hard to paint,” the statement by Yahaya Bello’s media aide reads in part.
