Lokoja, Kogi state – A post on the popular social networking site, Facebook, claims that Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi state, said he helped President Bola Tinubu to rig the 2023 election.
Recall Tinubu was declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election in 2023.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced the results on March 1, 2023.
Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party garnered a total of 8,794,726 votes, defeating his two main rivals: Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who secured 6,984,520 votes; and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), who scored 6,101,533 votes.
The Facebook claim about Bello’s alleged statement on Tinubu reads:
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Following the claim, a fact-checking platform, Africa Check, decided to investigate it.
After its scrutiny, the platform said it found no credible media report about Bello making such a statement.
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Obi ‘strongly denounced the distortion of facts’ surrounding his actions and statements during his tenure as governor of Anambra state.
In a statement, Obi fumed at the interpretation of his comments by some critics concerning the ongoing demolitions for the construction of the Lagos-Calabar coastal super highway.
The LP chieftain asserted that during his time as governor of Anambra state, he “made it abundantly clear” that all structures obstructing existing roads and lacking approval would be removed.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
