Kogi: Gov Bello sacks Special Adviser

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi local government has revealed that the suspended Executive Chairman of the Council, Abdulkareem Isah Sanni, popularly called ECOMOG, was sacked as the Special Adviser on Corporate Affairs to Governor Yahaya Bello.

Reacting to the purported claim by the former appointee that he resigned his appointment, a prominent stakeholder of the party in the area, Mallam Abubakar Haruna Koto, said it was a mere face-saving, having been found wanting over alleged involvement in criminal activities while in office.

Last year’s suspension of Sanni from office as Chairman was a sequel to a resolution by members of the 9th Kogi State Assembly presided over by the then Speaker, Prince Mathew Kolawole, who read a letter from Governor Bello indicting the council boss of alleged criminal activities.

The House unanimously resolved to suspend Abdulkareem Sani pending the outcome of the Department of State Service (DSS) investigation of the allegation.

While on suspension as the Council Boss, Stakeholders pleaded for his engagement in governance, which the Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, graciously accepted.

According to Haruna Koto, who is also the Leader of the APC in zone A of the local government, the embattled Sanni preempted the report of the investigation committee and claimed to have resigned his appointment as a Special Adviser to the Governor on Corporate Affairs.

An investigation revealed that embattled Sanni has been hobnobbing with one of the opposition political parties in the state, where he has been promised a juicy political appointment.

The stakeholder, however, expressed gratitude to God for distancing persons of questionable character from the All Progressives Congress, APC, noting that already the Kogi local government is a no-go area for other parties.

He urged the peaceful and progressive-minded people of Kogi local government to remain resolute and focused and avoid violence despite provocations before, during, and after the election.

While he enjoined them to be united and vigilant, he advised against rumours being peddled around by those he called enemies of society.

He maintained that the APC and its candidate, Ahmed Usman Ododo, are set to take the entire state by storm, ethnic, religious, and sectional agendas notwithstanding.

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