A former governorship candidate in Kogi State, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of being responsible for the Owo Church massacre and the Kuje Prison break.
Natasha alleged the Governor went around
different prisons in the country releasing hardened criminals, especially those
of them from Ebira.
She claimed one of such prisoners is known
as Safiyu, who she alleged the governor deployed to carry out the Kuje Prison
break and Owo massacre.
Appearing on Arise Television’s Morning
Show on Friday, Akpoti, who is the senatorial candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, for Kogi Central, said, “I was in California because I
left a day after my primary election and I only returned to Nigeria on the 20th
of August.
“And at the time of these attacks (Kuje
prison Owo), Safiyu was with Yahaya Bello. He was in the Government House every
day.
“He was living in the house of the Chief of
Staff. So if anybody should be held responsible for the Owo massacre and Kuje
Prison break it should be Yahaya Bello that should have questions to answer in
conjunction with the chief of staff himself because they released him from
prison for God knows what.
“I even got to know that Chaffeu was on
death row. I happened to know he was a hardened criminal on death row but Bello
freed him just before the 2019 election. Why he was freed and the nature of his
freedom is left for Yahaya Bello to explain.
“On how a governor could release a prisoner
in a federal prison, Akpoti said, “That’s one thing with Yahaya Bello. He knows
how to get the ills done using the network.
“I’m actually surprised at how he could
have such powers. He has also gone around the prisons in the country releasing
hardened Ebira prisoners. People from our own tribe.
“This is why we have such a high rate of
criminality in Nigeria. I got to know that a few months ago, the governor
called on Safyu again to carry out a series of attacks,” she alleged.