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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has vowed that members of his cabinet who allegedly betrayed him during the November 11 governorship election in the state will not go unpunished.<\/p>\n

The Governor accused some members of his cabinet of betrayal before and during the election.<\/p>\n

Bello, who spoke during a closed-door meeting with stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lokoja, was visibly angry and maintained that he would \u201ccut off\u201d even his fingers if they decided to hinder him from \u201cgoing far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bello further accused many of his allies of betraying him because of his choice of Usman Ododo as his successor.<\/p>\n

Ododo was declared winner of the governorship election, beating off challenges from Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Social Democratic Party, SDP\u2019s Muri Ajaka.<\/p>\n

Bello described some of the so-called allies in unprintable words, saying they sold him out.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cAll of those disgruntled elements\u201d moved against him \u201cafter everything I did for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was fighting known enemies while enemies within were pulling me down. God punish you all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said if it can\u2019t be me, then it can\u2019t be Ododo. They were busy conniving and conspiring with the opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey call themselves leaders, but were misleading the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cShame on you all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bello warned that if he ever heard the \u201cleaders\u201d threaten any of their subordinates, he would deal with them severely.<\/p>\n

The Governor pointed a direct finger at a Senator from the state whom he said was \u201cwrecked\u201d by his brothers before he (Bello) governor) revived him from his alleged financial bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, you are a second-term serving senator. You were laughing with us while you went behind to text opposition messages to hinder our party from having 25 per cent in some local governments,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Kogi guber: \u2018Shame on you all\u2019 \u2013 Gov Bello vows to punish cabinet members over betrayal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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