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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the swearing-in of Yahaya Bello as governor of Kogi state as comical, saying the governor is on an excursion at the government house.

In a statement issued by Wale Oladipo, PDP national secretary, on Wednesday,  the party also described Bello’s emergence as governor of the confluence state as a slap on democracy.

While calling for calm in the state, the PDP said it would use legal means to remove the governor from office.

“The attention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to a comical event organized by the APC as the swearing-in ceremony of one Yahaya Bello, a man who did not participate in the overall election, as Kogi state governor,” the party said.

“The said Yahaya Bello, who cannot claim the overall winning votes in the election, is therefore a shadow-chasing passerby on an excursion in Kogi state government house, as the so-called swearing-in ceremony, having no bearing from the votes at election, is at best an APC function.

“The people of Kogi are aware that the man being paraded by the APC is not the person they exercised confidence in at the election as he scored a paltry 6,885 votes in the so-called supplementary election, as against the 204,877 votes polled by the PDP candidate, Alhaji Idris Wada, in the overall election.

“However, as a law-abiding party, we hereby urge our members and the people of Kogi state to remain calm and not despair over this slap on democracy as the courts would soon deliver justice with regard to the authentic governor with the mandate of the majority at the election.”