Gov. Bello Lashes At Nigerian Senate For Calling Him Little Hitler

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Gov. Bello Lashes At Nigerian Senate For Calling Him Little Hitler

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has slammed the Nigerian Senate for describing him as a little Hitler and a threat to the nation’s democracy.

He also told the senators to be careful in making derogatory statements when sensitive matters were brought before them.

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe,Chairman of South East Senate caucus, had said the Kogi State Governor, “YahayaBello behaves like little Hitler.”

Bello, who spoke yesterday through his Director General, Media and Publicity, Kingsley Fanwo, was reacting to Wednesday’s plenary of the senate where he came under barrage of condemnations for his alleged involvement in the recent political violence unleashed on Senator Ahmed Ogembe and his supporters in Okene.

“I think it is high time the senate discovered that they are the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and not the senate of the senators.

“They should protect every Nigerian; including the Governor of Kogi State or Kaduna State or whichever state where they think their people are at loggerheads with their chief executives.

“They should be very careful in making sweeping statements. What happened in Kogi State was condemned. The Governor of Kogi State has invested billions of Naira to ensure there is peace and security in the state.

“They should wait for police investigation. When that of Dino Melaye happened, the senators used all forms of language on their floor to condemn the governor and used derogatory statements against the people and the Government of Kogi State; only for investigations to now find out that the whole thing was concocted.

“Now, the same senator has been charged to court for misleading the police. If Dino Melaye could do that, who says that Ogembe cannot organise his own event and also sponsor thugs to cause crisis there so that they can finger the governor and position Kogi as an unsafe place?” Fanwo asked.

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Senate President Condemns The Attack On Senator Ogembe, Says It's A Threat To Our Democracy

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Senate President Condemns The Attack On Senator Ogembe, Says It's A Threat To Our Democracy

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Wednesday condemned the lingering socio-political unrest in Kogi State especially the recent attack by suspected armed thugs on Sen. Ahmed Ogembe.

Recall that NAIJA VOICE reported that Senator Ogembe was attacked by suspected political thugs on Friday during an empowerment programme in Okene, Kogi State.

Speaking at the Senate plenary, Saraki ‎ said

“It is clear that we are all in support of the issue that democracy has come to stay and there is no other alternative. It is important that we take this discussion on the unfortunate incident that happened to Senator Ogembe .”

Saraki added that, “It’s not really just about Kogi State, but it is clear from what we are seeing that Kogi State is coming to the point where it is a threat to our democracy and it cannot be seen to define our democracy because this is not what our democracy is about.

“We must be seen to be making examples to other parts of the world. We must take actions that will prevent this kind of incidents from happening.

”We are almost 20years into democracy and this cannot be the democracy that we should be talking about after 20years and its totally unacceptable.

“Just as DSP said, it’s not only in KogiState, we saw the cases in Kaduna state. How can a Governor proudly say he is going to bulldoze a house in Nigeria at this time and we are all keeping quiet?! These are things that we must condemn totally.

“On the unfortunate incident that happened we thank the Almighty God for your life and that we will definitely not stop until we get to the bottom of this and hold whoever is responsible for this.

“These actions that have been seen in the local governments, but truly if we don’t do something about it, it is a threat to our entire democracy and we must all stand up particularly now that there is a lot of consideration being given to state police.

”When people listen to this I’m sure will start having thoughts. This action alone is something that is needed and will influence some of the reforms we want to embark on, so we must be seen to do the right thing”, he finally said.

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