Director-general of the Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation Hafsat Abiola-Costello has described Bello as a unifier like her late father Moshood Abiola.
Mrs Abiola-Costello, who had earlier faced kickbacks for comparing her father to Bello, stated this while addressing a world press conference in Abuja on Sunday on the candidacy of Bello for the 2023 presidency.
She said the fact that Bello was independent and never accepted to have a godfather was a big plus for him, noting that the masses would be his godfathers once elected president.
“I am leading this campaign because I believe in the candidate. I think that the Nigerian people deserves to listen to Bello. He is exceptional, he has certain qualities even beyond anything that I have said.
“One of the major qualities is that this is a person that is willing to be independent, a person that is willing not to have a godfather.
“The people that will be the godfathers of Bello when he becomes president are the people of Nigeria, and it is about time that we have that,” Abiola-Costello said.
Reacting to the possibility of Bello emerging APC candidate considering perceived heavyweights in the likes of Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo vying for the ticket, Abiola-Costello said that Bello would defeat other aspirants in the forth-coming primaries of the party in a free and fair contest.
“I see in Bello that he is a unifier in Nigeria. We need a Nigerian leader that is a unifier that believe in all Nigerian people and will fight for all Nigerian people.
“MKO (Moshood Abiola) was such a man. This Governor Bello is also such a person. In his own cabinet in Kogi , all six geopolitical zones are represented,” she said.
