The controversial Kogi State Governor, on the Platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Yahaya Bello, has confirmed that he indulged in double registration, in the on-going voters’ registration in the State.
Bello, who spoke through his Media Aide, Kingsley Fanwo, on Wednesday, argued that the Governor had to register again in Kogi, because nothing had come of efforts to get the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to transfer his voter’s card from Abuja to Kogi.
Recall that a group, Kogi for Change, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Omeiza Yakubu, had accused Bello of electoral fraud.
The double registration according to sources, is the new method adopted by the APC, to rig the 2019 Presidential election for President Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of the election year.
“We got really concerned, when we saw the picture of the Governor (Yahaya Bello), being registered by an INEC official inside his office”, said Kogi For Change. “Is the Government House a Registration Centre?”
It continued: “What happened to the INEC law that forbids double registration, since the Governor is already registered in Abuja? Then the question arises: Is the Government House the Ward or Unit of Alhaji Yahaya Bello? Was he not supposed to register in his Unit? Or is INEC going to create a special voting point for him inside his office during the next election?
“The impunity that unleashed the Governor on the State is at work again, and we are not going to take it lightly. As a matter of fact, we have decided as a group to take the matter to court. It is a criminal offence to engage in double registration”, the group said.
In reaction, Kingsley Fanwo did not deny that his boss registered twice, but suggested it was not illegal.
He acknowledged the picture of his principal being registered in his Lokoja office, which he said had elicited “hysterical overplay”.
“From the first day, the Governor didn’t say he registered in Kogi State”, said Mr. Fanwo. “It even came to the fore at the Tribunal. He registered in Abuja.”
“He never voted in Kogi State. Nothing in the law makes it mandatory for you to vote for yourself, before you can win a political position. We have had people who won elections from detention in the past. They wouldn’t have voted for themselves from detention.
“The Governor’s efforts to transfer the card from Abuja to Kogi State, has not been successful, hence the need to seize this golden opportunity to get registered in Kogi State”, he added.
Kogi For Change, also criticized INEC for registering Bello in his office, a place not designated for that purpose.
“He needed to demonstrate that to the whole world, to woo others to go and register”, Fanwo reacted.
“There was nothing wrong with registering in the Governor’s office, because it belongs to all Kogites. Government House is People’s House.”
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