Guber Poll: Atiku leads rally in Kogi, berates Bello, APC for denying PDP use of stadium

<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday stormed the ancient City of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital to charge the electorate to vote for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11 Governorship election.</p>, <p>Atiku, who berated the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello for allegedly denying the PDP the use of Confluence Stadium Lokoja to conduct their campaign rally said it was time to sack the ruling APC to put an end to unfavourable policies in Kogi State.</p>, <p>“They denied us the use of the stadium in Osun State and we later used the party office for our rally. In the end, the PDP sacked them from the government house. Now they denied us the use of the Confluence Stadium Lokoja and booked all the hotels just to stop us from coming here. Despite what they did, you all still came to the party secretariat to show solidarity and support for Senator Dino Melaye”.</p>, <p>According to him, the emergence of Dino Melaye as Governor will bring about good governance and development in Kogi State.</p>, <p>“Dino is committed, courageous and well-focused. He doesn’t kill people like what the present administration is doing in Kogi State. I am appealing to you to come out and vote for people and defend your vote” Atiku stated.</p>, <p>Addressing a large crowd of supporters, the PDP Governorship candidate, Dino Melaye, promised to govern the state with the fear of God.</p>, <p>His words, “Out of the 18 governorship candidates vying for the position of Governor, I am the most educated, experienced and exposed. It is now time to put an end to percentage salaries, corruption, retrenchment and non-payment of pensions in Kogi State. Every Civil Servant was unjustly sacked by Yahaya Bello. Within three months we shall reinstate them all. Don’t vote for any small political party that does not have a political fallopian tube.</p>, <p>“I want the world to note that the present Government in Kogi blocked all the venues for us to hold this rally. Our people coming from Kogi East were stopped and