Former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Edward Onoja, has declared that he is no longer attached to his former principal and ex-Governor of the state, Yahaya Bello.
According to him, since the end of their administration in Kogi State, he has chosen to step back and create space for himself.
Speaking on Saturday during an interview on MiC On Podcast, Onoja said his focus is now on supporting the incumbent Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo and pleasing his new principal, President Bola Tinubu, as a Board member of the South-East Development Commission (SEDC).
“I am free, looking forward to greater things and then adding value to the current governor (Ododo) in the areas I can, and then serving at the level that God has placed me today. I now have a new principal, His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I am serving him,” Onoja stated.
Naija News earlier reported that Onoja, during the interview, accused Bello of betraying him by reneging on an earlier promise that he would succeed him as the Governor of Kogi State.
He, however, added that despite what happened, he has forgiven Bello and has moved on with life.
“We served together till the last day, everybody exited and followed the path that God has created for them. I am not serving under him (Bello). It won’t be a daily affair for us to be relating, and we just felt there should be space. Like I said, I isolated myself for a very good period of time.
“For those actions, by faith and by creed, if you don’t forgive, you can’t move on. If you don’t forgive, you can’t even fly,” he stated.
When pressed by the host on whether he had forgiven former Governor Bello, Onoja responded: “I believe I have, from my heart, I have.”
He, however, hinted that the relationship between them might not be as smooth as before, submitting that trust, once destroyed, was difficult to mend.
“Once you destroy trust, it will be very, very difficult to build,” he said.
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