The Kogi State House of Assembly
is to petition the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and the
Department of State Service (DSS) over an alleged publication of collecting
N200M bribe from governor Yahaya Bello.
The petition is sequel to an
online publication credited to the National coordinator of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) Youth Frontier, Austin Okai that the House approved N10b
loan request from the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to get the huge
sum of money.
The 15 members present at
Tuesdays plenary all debunked the allegation, describing it as satanic and
wicked on the part of the source.
They challenged the writer to
bring forth documents to back up his claims, adding that the house never
approved any N10b loan coming from the executive.
Raising the allegation in the
floor of the House, Haruna Idoko (APC Idah ) while fuming at the said
publication which according to him went viral on the social media noted that it
was aimed at indicting members and discrediting their names before those they
are representing in the state.
Supported by Kekere Abdulkareem
(APC Okehi) and Jimoh Omiata (Yagba East) both lawmakers frowned at the
allegation saying the publication lacks merits. They both suggested that Okai
should be invited to the House to explain with documents to back up his claims.
In his rulings, the speaker
Mathew Kolawole disagree with the invitation of the PDP youth coordinator,
noting that he (Okai) is known for tarnishing individuals’ image in the state.
According to him, ” there was
never at any point in time that we approved #10 billion naira loan from the
executive. Also, i read that #200, 000000 was shared among our colleagues which
is never true.
”It is an indictment on all the
members in this hallow chamber. Austin Okai is someone that is deceitful. I was
in the United state alongside side the deputy speaker for the United Nation
submit when i saw all this false allegations circulating within the social
media”.
Meanwhile, the lawmaker
representing Lokoja II in the Kogi State House of Assembly, Idris Ndakwo (PDP)
has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
In his defection letter read
before the House by the Speaker, Mathew Kolawole, the new APC lawmaker said
this was born out of good leadership purpose to see that his constituents
benefit from the dividends of democracy.
The letter reads in part, ” As we
all know, it is no longer a news that Democracy is all about development, i
have gene for wider consultation with my constituents to enable me shift to
pave way for more dividends of Democracy in our constituents on which i received
overwhelm support of 92% of my electorates that gave me go ahead for the
defection.
“I am humble, faithful, diligent
and peaceful man to my party, the People Democratic Party (Pdp), but my party
did not appreciate my loyalty, humbleness, faithfulness and diligent through
out what the party was passing through.
”Instead of appreciating me and
joining me to deliver my campaign promises, some of the stakeholders engaged in
fighting me for their zoning agenda since my one year in office”.
Rubber stamp Law Breakers, what exactly are you doing in that house? Will you blame Austin coming up with such claims. Afterall, you are all in the pocket of Yahaya Bello. Of what benefit are you to your contituents when you have been already pocketed through bribery not to stand against evil in Bello's govt. My question is; are you all aware of deplorable state of 70 percent of Kogi workers due to nonpayment of salaries running to 20 months after been given bailout and the paris club funds? And you Idris Ndakwo who decamped to APC from PDP, you are not a calculative politician. Come next election, even kitchen party if there is any like that shall win in Kogi State. So you are wasting your time by decamping and making false claim on the present administration for its developmental stride.
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