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Nigeria: Yahaya Bello promised me succession, dumps me for Ododo a day to primary — Onoja

Nigeria: Yahaya Bello promised me succession, dumps me for Ododo a day to primary — Onoja

Africa Links 24 with Adam Mosadioluwa
Published on 2025-09-13 20:34:25

Former Kogi State Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja, has claimed that former governor Yahaya Bello promised to hand him power after his tenure but pulled out of the arrangement on the eve of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries.

He disclosed this in an interview on the MIC ON Podcast released on Saturday, 

He recalled that during his time as Bello’s Chief of Staff and later as deputy governor, his former boss consistently urged him to prepare to succeed him.

“For…

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