Former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has denied having any presidential ambition for 2027, affirming his full support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election.
In a statement issued Friday by his media director, Michael Ohiare, Bello dismissed a circulating video from a 2022 rally, which some falsely claimed marked the start of his 2027 presidential campaign.
“Our principal, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has no presidential ambition for 2027,” the statement said. “He remains fully committed to President Tinubu’s second term bid.”
Bello described the post as misleading and the work of political detractors, pointing out that the banners in the video clearly showed the 2022 date.
“The President and his team have done exceedingly well despite global economic challenges,” the statement added. “He deserves the continued support of all well-meaning Nigerians.”
Ohiare described the post as a “senseless post” by mischief makers, who have no other job than to fabricate falsehood and disseminate same to mislead unsuspecting Nigerians.
According to him, the fabricators have tried so hard in their “bring-him-down-at-all-costs” mission against Bello but have always failed woefully.
The director stated that it was not the first time detractors and their co-travellers would fly absolute falsehood with the aim of setting the former governor against President Tinubu.
“But this latest slant of reposting a 2022 rally afresh and insinuating that it is just happening, connotes nothing but sheer mischief.
“Nigerians should be wary of witless persons who concoct stories without thinking, just to satisfy the interests of their paymasters, ” he said
He stressed that the post was out of desperate bid to create crisis where there is none.
