Peoples Gazette
“…A unifier that believes in all Nigerian people and will fight for all Nigerian people. MKO was such a man. This Governor Bello is also such a person.”
Hafsat Abiola-Costello, Director-General, Hope 23, Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, has again called on Nigerians, especially youths, to support the Kogi governor’s presidential ambition, insisting that he is like her late father, MKO Abiola.
Two weeks ago, broadcast journalist Tundun Abiola had berated her half-sister for comparing their father with Mr Bello.
But Ms Abiola-Costello doubled down, insisting the Kogi governor is like the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election.
“I see in Bello that he is a unifier in Nigeria. We need a Nigerian leader that is a unifier that believes in all Nigerian people and will fight for all Nigerian people. MKO was such a man. This Governor Bello is also such a person,” said Ms Abiola-Costello while addressing a press conference over the weekend in Abuja regarding Mr Bello’s presidential ambition.
Explaining that the Kogi governor is a bona fide presidential candidate, she noted, “In his own cabinet in Kogi, all six geopolitical zones are represented. This is also somebody that fights for young people. His government has 95 per cent of young people in his cabinet. He doesn’t just use them for campaign. He put them in government with opportunity to have dignity.”
According to her, Bello is independent and has no political godfather.
“One of the major qualities is that this…
