Forty-eight hours after he left office as Kogi state governor, posters of Yahaya Bello on Monday, January 29, flooded Abuja, promoting him as the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is currently the national chairman of the party.
He was elected at the August 3, 2023, National Executive Committee (NEC) to replace Abdullahi Adamu who resigned from office.
The posters of the former governor were seen on major streets in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), especially around the Federal Secretariat and on walls and fences of structures around the APC national secretariat along Blantyre Street, Wuse 2, Abuja.
The bold picture of the former Kogi state governor is adorned with the inscription “APC Next Level. Alhaji Yahaya Bello as APC National Chairman. Leading the Change, Building a Stronger APC.”
Sources within the party said the move to unseat Ganduje was being orchestrated both within and outside the party.
It was also gathered that the latest move was a plot by some elements within the party from the North Central zone to regain the office of the national chairman which was lost to North West where Ganduje hails from.
A source in the party who spoke in confidence said: “Bello’s move is an attempt to bring back the chairmanship seat to the region, and it is believed he has the backing of several stakeholders in the North-central.”