Kogi State Governor’s spokesperson, Onogwu Muhammed has debunked reports bordering on serious domestic crisis between Governor Yahaya Bello and the first lady, Hajia Rashida Bello.
In a terse statement released on Monday, the state government described the reports alleging cracks in the Governor’s household as “concocted falsehood”.
The statement denied insinuations that the first lady has moved out of the government house, insisting that “Governor Yahaya Bello is in full control of his household, the same way he holds in firm grip the affairs of the state.”
“Our attention has been drawn to an online publication with the rider ‘Trouble in Kogi State as the first lady, Rashida Bello, allegedly moves out of government house’. For lack of formidable tool of distractions, the online medium struggling hard for traffic has come out with a concocted falsehood alleging a crack in the household of his Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello.
“The said publication laced with lies and crooked fallacy detailed how the First Lady, Hajia Rashida Bello has moved out of the Government House in what the merchants of mischief painted as a revolt against the ADC to the governor.
“This reaction is coming out not in reverence of the amorphous medium but a call to the general public to disregard as tissue of lie the malicious fabrication – Governor Yahaya Bello is in full control of his household, the same way he holds in firm grip the affairs of the state. Rather than resorting to such satanic antics, this cowardly medium and their sponsors should have taken on the Governor on his development agenda instead of resorting to a devilish campaign of calumny aimed at staining the sparkling profile of the governor.
“We wish to reiterate unequivocally that there is no crack whatsoever in the home and government of his excellency. The general public particularly citizens of Kogi state are enjoined to discard the purported information as mere piece of mischievous antics given life by idle, disgruntled and undesirable elements.
“The avalanche of aides working with the Governor are professionally trained individuals with proven records of discipline, diligence and focused dispositions,” the statement read.
An online news platform and a national newspaper has reported on Monday that things have fallen apart between the first couple of Kogi state.
In the national daily, it was reported that “Those in the know, allegedly reported that the first couple of Lugard House has been in loggerheads for the past three months over the governor’s affair with his ADC, Ms Ifeoma Akaya.”
The report added that “The Governor allegedly placed his wife “The First Lady” on house arrest and sacked her orderly, including all her aides.”
People will not stop mischievious controversies. What about two couple having mis-undertstanding. You people that are making this allegation, don’t you have your own family. Do you not have misunderstanding with your spouses sometimes? Why are you particular about the governor and his family. If he has any misunderstanding with his wife what is your business with that? Does that have any direct link with the progress of Kogi State? Prior to his emergence as the governor of the Kogi State do you people know that there was Yahaya Bello or how many times the couple had misunderstanding, if there was any? Please let us engage ourselves in productive undertakings that will benefit the generality of the state.