I did not endorse Yakowa’s widow as deputy governor – General Lekwot

A former military Governor of Rivers State and leader of the Southern Kaduna Elders Consultative Forum, Major General Zamani Lekwot (rtd), yesterday refuted canvassing for the late Governor Patrick Yakowa’s widow to become the Deputy Governor of the state.

The retired general also denied meeting the new governor over the quest to appoint Dame Amina Yakowa as his deputy.

Lekwot said, “It is false. It’s a lie. The elders only paid a condolence visit to his Excellency, the Governor. The late governor’s corpse has not even arrived in Kaduna; so it will be improper for anybody to start making statements that I led a delegation. The person is not being fair to us. Let us bury the man first.

“No, the information is not proper. We went to pay a condolence visit to her Excellency, His Excellency and the Vice President. So, it’s out of decorum for anybody to say that.

“The elders are more responsible than that. Let’s bury him first, and other things will follow. But I am telling you, we have no hand in that story. We were not contacted, and nothing like that happened.”

“The visit of condolence has nothing to do with other things. After we bury him, we can start talking about that. The poor woman is mourning her husband. How can anybody in his right senses start meeting on that? We have not met and a decision will be taken after the burial,” he noted.

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