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By Adeola Oladele.
A senior appointee of Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello narrowly escaped being lynched by an irate mob in Mopa.
The ugly incident happened in around the premises of All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Mopa, Mopamuro local government area of Kogi State. The APC stakeholders from the local government held a strategy meeting at the party secretariat to fine-tune logistics for the upcoming Mega rally of the party. The stakeholders, largely appointees of Governor Bello, didn’t have a smooth meeting as allegations and counter-allegations were hurled freely.
The major bone of contention was the way ten (10) motorcycles sent to Mopamuro local government by one Hon Bolu were shared. It was alleged that a particular appointee from Mopamuro singlehandedly hijacked five and dashed it out to family members. The accused appointee however defended himself, saying the 10 motorcycles were meant for members of his group. He equally alleged that the local government administrator, Hon. Sunday David was aware of the conditions. The Administrator, who was present at the meeting, denied prior knowledge of the shady distribution. He said there is no other group in Mopamuro other than the APC, stressing that the 10 motorcycles should have been shared one par ward.
A stakeholder in the meeting, Hon. Segun Alaiyemola a.k.a Alfa, raised a point of order during the meeting. He stated that it is only the Administrator and Ademola Bello a.k.a Destiny and Kingsley Fanwo that are holding the party in Mopamuro. He said others are 419 and stingy.
At this point, thugs attached to the senior appointee who allegedly diverted motorcycles started raising their voices to cause trouble but they were over-powered by angry party youths and supporters. They were given community beating while the accused appointee ran towards his official car. The appointee was dragged by the angry youths who demanded that he return the diverted motorcycles. It took the intervention of other stakeholders to save him from the irate mob.
The fracas drew mockery from supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the local government. For those who know Mopa very well, the APC Secretariat is opposite LG Secretariat, so it was an open display of shamelessness. A particular PDP supporter asked derisively, “these are the same people who said we don’t know how to manage people and issues, are they better with this crisis,” he mocked.
The silent but serious factionalization of APC among appointees of Yahaya Bello from Mopamuro is damaging the party on a daily basis. There is no gainsaying the fact that the opposition PDP is not in any way afraid of APC. Aside Aiyeteju, ward 4, ward 5 and probably Takete Ide axis, APC may find it difficult to shake ground in Mopamuro come 2019 elections.
The commissioner and her faction has a lot to do. Aside wriggling through discontent that she is from Ayere in Ijumu local government, she has to do more to win the confidence of her people. In her ward, nine executive members of APC decamped to become executive members in opposition party, PDP.
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