Benue Youths under the umbrella of Benue Youth Forum, BYF, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to warn the Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello and a host of others to keep off from Benue elections.
BYF President, Terrence Kuanum stated this in a statement made available to the Next Edition in Makurdi.
Mr Kuanum said that it was necessary to draw the attention of President Buhari to the plan hatched by Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello to invade Benue with a legion of armed thugs during Saturday’s supplementary Governorship and State Assembly elections.
“We understand that Governor Bello is supported by some other Governors in the north with money to fund the evil project with the sole aim to remove Governor Samuel Ortom from office.”
He said Bello’s mission to Benue is to sponsor violence at polling units in areas where the supplementary election is to hold so that voters will flee and allow APC thugs to thumb-print for their candidate, Emmanuel Jime.
“The second plan of the Kogi Governor and his APC henchmen is to compel INEC to declare Jime as winner of the election then ask PDP to go to court.
“Governor Bello and the APC thugs from Kogi State have concluded plans to enter Benue through the Makurdi-Naka road, meet with Senator Akume and Jime before moving to the various local government areas where the polls are to hold. While the armed thugs are to arrive Benue on Thursday night, Bello will arrive on Friday evening and stay in Makurdi till Monday morning to supervise execution of the plot.
“These details were part of a top secret meeting between Governor Bello and Jime recently in Abuja,” Mr Kuanum said.
He noted that as youths of Benue State whose future was being toyed with by unscrupulous politicians, they were concerned and felt it was necessary to appeal to President Buhari to warn Gov. Bello to drop the evil agenda.
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He said Benue youths were law abiding citizens, saying however, they won’t fold their arms and watch a failed Governor from another state invade Benue territory to cause political instability.
He vowed they will vehemently resist Bello’s plan to manipulate the Benue State supplementary election.
The youth called on the President to remember his pledge not to interfere in the supplementary elections holding in some states this weekend.
“He should caution his party members such as Governor Bello of Kogi not to meddle into affairs of other states. It is not enough for the President as an individual to simply pledge non-interference. He should take a step further to warn his party men and women to follow his example,” he said.
