Kogi Central: Akpoti-Uduaghan rejects Gov Bello’s congratulatory message, accuses him of attempting to kill her 

Bello had sent a congratulatory message to the lawmaker after her triumph at the Court of Appeal, which affirmed her as winner of the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal for Kogi Central Senatorial District.

However, Akpoti-Uduaghan rejected the felicitation and alleged that the governor was involved in attempts on her life.

Speaking on Channels Television, the lawmaker said: “I would pretty much wish you had not played the governor’s message here because I’m just getting to watch it now.

“He said this is the beauty of politics. This is not the beauty of politics. You don’t endanger yourself, set out to kill people, destroy property and frustrate the electoral process because you want your candidate to win and call it the beauty of democracy.

“I heard guns, I had his hunchmen shoot at my vehicle. I have video evidence of that. They wore APC shirts and one of them was Amoka; he was actually a Returning Officer… he led the group of 10 men to shoot at me. I have the videos capturing that.

“And apart from that, a day to the election, the governor dug five gullies, cutting off five roads and that was just to prevent election from going on and probably endangering my life.”