Crisis lingers as APC governor sacks Commissioner, two others, gives reason

Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi State, has sacked David Apeh, the commissioner for agriculture in the state, with immediate effect.

According to AIT, the governor also suspended two of his special advisers, who are Danladi Isah and Maryam Salifu, his special adviser on emergency management and part-time chairman of the Kogi State Hotels and Tourism Board.

Folashade Arike Ayoade, the Secretary to the State Government, confirmed the sacking of the appointees in a telephone chat with journalists.

According to Ayoade, the appointees were sacked by Governor Bello because of gross misconduct while declining to give further details of the misconduct.

Governor Bello will be leaving office in January 2024 when he would be rounding up his second term as the governor of the North Central State.

Bello is one of the strong governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who played a key role in the 2023 general election.

Ahead of the November governorship election in the state, Bello was able to ensure that his preferred candidate emerged as the APC flagbearer in the forthcoming poll.

On Thursday, Bello was part of the APC governors present at the national assembly on Tuesday, June 13, to witness the leadership election of the second tier of government.

He had congratulated Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeen Abbas, who were newly elected Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives.