By Baron Ike
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state on Friday vowed win his re-election in a landslide despite economic crisis and a debt disaster threatening his return.
Bello spoke to newsmen in Abuja after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari where he claimed he rebuilt Kogi state All Progressice Congress (APC) from the scratch after the death of Abubakar Audu.
Bello boasted: “I am the Governor today and Insha Allah, l will return as the Governor for another four years, after the November 16 election. As for the ticket, the analogy is that the tenant cannot send the landlord out of his house, he boasted after meeting with President Muhammmadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“Secondly, in the November Governorship election, we are not just talking of wining, we are looking at the margins. The margin is going to be such that whoever comes far second, will be discouraged to go to court.
“APC in Kogi was rebuilt by me, after the good job done by our late leader, His Excellency, Prince Abubakar Audu. After his demise, l came, rebuilt it from the scratch to what it is today.
“We also won seven out of the nine contested positions in the House of Representatives and two out of the three Senators representing Kogi State in the Senate.
“Anybody that is making such noise, does not disturb me, because, in the market place, noise is allowed.
“You know, in Kogi politics is the loudest, so people must make noise and you can’t stop that. But surely, l am very good with my party from the local government to the national level.
“They know that l am the leader of the party in my state. I have built it and it is very strong. Anytime, any day, we will win elections in landslide.
“That l am going to win in the primaries is given by the grace of God, by which ever means, direct or indirect. Yahaya mounted a vigorous defense of his embattled leadership promising to defeat all opposition, despite his approval rating falling down considerably.”