BEVERLY HILLS, April 11, (THEWILL) – For a lot of people, this may come as news as not many know that the youthful governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has ‘several’ first ladies. And this is because only one of the wives, the second one precisely, Hajiya Rasheedat, is the most visible of the three and the one who many like to refer to as the first lady. But a few weeks ago, the grapevine was agog with news that all was not well in his household.
The story was that the 45-year-old governor was having marital problems with Rasheedat, prompting her to move out of the Government House. Well Bello whose favourite pastime is to engage in boxing in the Government House’s gym has debunked the story insisting that all is well with his family. Bello while describing the story as a rumour, said it is the handiwork of disgruntled elements on social media who for lack of a formidable tool of distraction, struggle hard for traffic, by concocting falsehood alleging a crack in his household. He reiterated that he is in full control of his wives the same way he is in full control of Kogi State.
Earlier in the year, there was no doubt that something was amiss between him and his third wife as he made no effort to shield this fact. While receiving an award of honour from the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) and Global Gold Consult as ‘The most gender sensitive governor in Nigeria,’ Bello thanked his first wife, Amina Oyiza and Rasheedat the second wife. He refused to mention or thank his third wife, Hafiza for reasons best known to him. His latest ‘rumoured’ tiff with Rasheedat has got many questioning his ability to properly manage the affairs of the state if he is unable to keep it together in his family.
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