Crisis Looms In Kogi PDP As Ex-Gov Ibrahim Idris Plots To Make Son Governorship Candidate
Still smarting from the internal issues of the imposition of candidates for the National Assembly in the recent general election, People’s Democratic Party in Kogi state faces another major trouble. Former Governor Ibrahim Idris is accused of engaging in an all-out war to impose his son, Abubakar as the PDP candidate for the Kogi state gubernatorial election in November. Emerging details have it that former governor Idris is going about making his son gubernatorial candidate in a manner that is alienating power brokers seeking to help the PDP leverage on the unpopularity of re-election seeking incumbent Governor Yahaya Bello to win the election. Yahaya Bello is facing groundswell opposition within and outside the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in his bid to secure a second term. Bello’s performance – including owing state workers salaries for months – has greatly affected the popularity of his party. And the PDP which should cash in on the situ...