The embattled Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Elder Simon Achuba on Thursday, August 1, 2019, cried out over an alleged mobilisation of gunmen by his boss, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to attack him over his court action threat for non-payment of his Impress, Allowances, and staff Salaries.
The Deputy Governor who cried out over the ugly development at a press briefing held at his residence in Lokoja, the state capital told journalists that information at his disposal revealed that Governor Yahaya Bello has mobilized gunmen to attack him over his perceived lingering anger on him since his return from the Presidency.
According to Achuba “Bello should be held responsible if anything happens to my life. I am appealing to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adams to beam their searchlight on Kogi state as a result of Governor Bello’s gunmen activities in the state”
He also stressed that “You cannot be a governor of the people and killer of the people as Bello is exhibiting”.
On the claim of the Kogi state government that he has been paid all his entitlements to date, Achuba debunked the claim describing it as false and threatened Court Action to get his two years unpaid staff salaries and allowances settled without further delay.
Achuba affirmed that “As a deputy governor, I have staff whose salaries come under my office including mine and other allowances and imprest to run the office which since 2017, the governor refused to pay. The issue of salaries is critical as laborers deserve their wages. ”
“My monthly salary for instance as a deputy governor is ₦385,000. How can I run my office with this kind of pay without imprest in the last two years?” He asked.
The deputy governor admonished his boss to always see himself as a servant of his people and not master by being humanitarian in all his actions and inactions in the administration of the state.
He explained that his continued rift with his boss has nothing to do with the none performance on his part as been alleged but because of his disenchantment on the bad governance of the state which has inflicted endless untold hardship on the people of the state.
Achuba, however, “My Life is In Danger” appreciated his boss for making him his Deputy which eventually gave him the opportunity to contribute his quota towards the development of the state notwithstanding the terrible moments he is passing through in the last two years.
In his reaction, the Media Aide to Governor Bello, Mr. Kinsley Fanwo debunked the allegations of the Deputy Governor, Elder Simon Achuba stressing that the state government has paid all his entitlements to date adding that nobody is hunting him.