Immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yayaha Bello, has reacted to report attributing the sponsorship of the hunger protest to him.
Bello who has gone underground to escape arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged N80bn while in the saddle of Kogi State is rumoured to fund the ongoing protest against hardship.
The ex-governor by proxy denied this charge through his media aide, Michael Ohiare.
The latter in a statement he authored said the claim was part of the grand plans by some enemies of the former governor to frame him.
“We have uncovered a high-wired plan by some disgruntled enemies of the nation and persons on the ‘Project Bring Down Yahaya Bello’, to frame him up as one of the sponsors of the #Endbadgovernance protests across the country.
“We wouldn’t have bothered to respond to a clout-chasing criminal, blackmailer and blackmail pawn, a hired gun in the hands of some unpatriotic Nigerians, who published a fake, malicious and unintelligent report about an imaginary involvement of His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in the ongoing protests across the country.
“But it is pertinent to respond to the tirades of falsehood by the writer because it borders on national security. Our resolve is further strengthened by the condemnable act of some protesters displaying the flags of other nations,” it read in part.
