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Yahaya Bello picks form, promises to restore hope

‘Seun Ibukun-Oni, Abuja

Daily Courier – Governor of Kogi state and leading presidential aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), His excellency Yahaya Bello promised to restore hope to Nigerians across the country if elected.

Governor Bello purchased his nomination and expression of interest forms worth 100 million naira today at the national secretariat amidst pomp.

Speaking to journalists after obtaining his forms, Bello said Nigerians are happy knowing that he is in the race to restore hope.

“Today I have with me my nomination and expression of interest forms to contest as the presidential flagbearer of this great party the All Progressives Congress. Today we are happy, Nigerians are happy and the party is happy. Right now what we have ahead of us is the task of canvassing and consulting all party faithfuls, leaders, stalwarts, members and even all Nigerians at home and in the diaspora” he said.

He urged all delegates to give him there support to emerge as the flagbearer of the party come 30th and 31st of May 2022 at the special presidential convention.

Reacting to the hard time across the country, he said, “I am coming on the table and restoring hope to entire Nigeria and the entire black race, Africa as a continent and the entire black people across the world. That is the hope we are bringing on board to unite, to secure, and to put our country and its people on the path of progress and prosperity.”

He spoke on the purported move by two governors from the North pushing for former president Goodluck Jonathan to be adopted as consensus candidate. He dismissed the move as the beauty of democracy. “In democracy anybody can support anyone but I am assuring you that our great party, the APC is a party that has its own ethics, rules and regulations and I know surely that all of these are in my favour and I am not in anyway scared of the pedigree of anyone whatsoever. I am confident that I am in the majority, I have the women, I have the youth, I have the people living with disabilities and they are all behind me. I have leaders, I have followers and above all, I have God almighty” he added.