{"id":119095,"date":"2025-05-23T17:25:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119095"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:25:40","slug":"i-wont-contest-against-tinubu-in-2027-bello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/i-wont-contest-against-tinubu-in-2027-bello\/","title":{"rendered":"I won\u2019t contest against Tinubu in 2027 \u2013 Bello"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu as the sole presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including governors elected on the platform of the party, former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello on Friday said he won\u2019t contest against President Bola Tinubu, adding that he (Bello) has no presidential ambition.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The social media space is awash with a video of the former governor in campaign mode and asking for votes from supporters.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bello was one of the presidential aspirants that contested against Tinubu in 2023 and refused to step down even when the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio opened the floodgate of stepping down and re-alignment at the convention ground.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement signed by Michael Ohiare, his Media Director, Bello expressed surprise and shock over a video post of his 2022 rally, claiming he had started campaigning against President Tinubu for 2027.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ohiare described the post as \u201csenseless,\u201d crafted by mischief makers who have no other job than to fabricate falsehood and disseminate same to mislead unsuspecting Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He stressed that the post was out of desperate bid to create crisis where there is none by naysayers who are bent on twisting the narratives to bring Bello down.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement read, \u201cWhile we state categorically, that our principal, Bello, has no 2027 presidential ambition, we want to also stress his unflinching commitment to the re-election of President Tinubu come 2027.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe indices cannot lie. The President and his team have done exceedingly well for the country, despite global challenges. On merit, he deserves the support of well-meaning Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNigerians should disregard the mischievous post insinuating a fresh presidential support rally as what it is \u2013 a senseless post by a confused, witless mind<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe fabricators forgot that the 2022 dates are boldly written on the banners on display. Yet, they expect reasonable people not to see this as the handiwork of detractors.\u201d\u00a0 he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the fabricators have tried so hard in their \u201cbring-him-down-at-all-costs\u201d mission against Bello but have always failed woefully.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The director stated that it was not the first time detractors and their co-travellers would fly absolute falsehood with the aim of setting the former governor against President Tinubu.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut this latest slant of reposting a 2022 rally afresh and insinuating that it is just happening, connotes nothing but sheer mischief.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNigerians should be wary of witless persons who concoct stories without thinking, just to satisfy the interests of their paymasters,\u201d he said<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa Following the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu as the sole presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including governors elected on the platform of the party,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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