It was a mild drama at the Confluence Stadium Lokoja, venue of APC mega rally, when Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai went down on his knees, begging the people of Kogi State to forgive their governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
El-Rufai, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign council for the Kogi election, begged all that Bello has offended to forgive me.
“Many people say Yahaya Bello is young and that he has fought many people. For every one that the governor has offended, I am asking all of you to forgive him. He is young, he is supposed to make mistakes. When you are young, you make mistakes, but you are supposed to learn from them. On his behalf, I am kneeling down to beg all of you to forgive Yahaya Bello if he has offended you.
“He cares about this state, he has brought progress to this state, he has brought young people into government, he has brought women into government. He has brought physical progress; he has cleared salary arrears that he inherited from previous governments. You must all come out and support him,” El-Rufai said.
The Kaduna state governor praised Bello for his performance and took a swipe at the Peoples Democratic Party, urging the people to “bury PDP once and for all”.
He claimed that although the PDP had ruled the state for a long time, they “have done nothing” in the state.
“In the past four years, the progress recorded by the APC government under Governor Yahaya Bello is more than what the PDP has tried to do in 13 years,” he said.
Whatever might have happened in the first tenure of Governor Bello, El-Rufai appealed to the people to know that he cares about the people of Kogi State.
