{"id":32143,"date":"2021-03-20T15:39:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T14:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=32143"},"modified":"2021-03-20T15:39:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T14:39:35","slug":"yahaya-bello-gifts-escort-riders-family-with-houses-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=32143","title":{"rendered":"Yahaya Bello gifts escort rider&#8217;s family with houses, scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has reached to the wives of his late police motorcycle outsider, Inspector Aminu Salihu, promising them two houses in Kubwa town on the outskirts of the Federal Capital City of Abuja. Late Salihu&#8217;s two wives stay in Kubwa.<br \/><br \/>He also promised to foot the bill of late Salihu&#8217;s children from the two wives.<br \/><br \/>Salihu died in a late night accident as the Governor and his entourage made their way back to Lokoja from Owerri, the Imo state capital after attending the first year anniversary of Governor Hope Uzodinma.<br \/><br \/>According to an online newspaper, The Nigerian Post, the Governor in an emotional laden voice described the death of Aminu as a personal huge loss, not just to his family, friends but to the nation.<br \/><br \/>\u201cInspector Aminu\u2019s death came when the nation needs him most, he was a gentleman, diligent and highly professional. He brought finesse and dexterity to policing.\u00a0 This is a personal huge loss to me and the country at large.\u201dHe said.<br \/><br \/>Governor Bello while condoling with the deceased two wives, five children and mother in Abuja, made cash donations to the family.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG-20210320-WA0183.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32144\"\/><figcaption>Bello consoling one of Late Salihu&#8217;s relations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her response, the senior wife of the deceased,\u00a0 Martha Ode Aminu thanked the governor for identifying and standing by them at their grieving moments. Mrs Aminu who was full of emotion disclosed that their late husband had always described the governor as his source of light, noting that the governor has proven that to them at their trying moment.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThank you, your Excellency. Our late husband has told us several times that you are the source of his light. That you have been his hope and that we should continue to pray for you. Your Excellency, you have demonstrated what my late husband has told us about you this morning. Thank you for lightening up our grieving moods. I pray that whatever you are looking for in this life, God will grant you. No obstacle can stand your way to deprive you of your heart desires. We are very grateful to your excellency and God Almighty will reward you\u201d<br \/><br \/>\u25aa\ufe0e Additional report by thenigerianpost.com.ng<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has reached to the wives of his late police motorcycle outsider, Inspector Aminu Salihu, promising them two houses in Kubwa town on the outskirts of the Federal Capital City of Abuja. Late Salihu&#8217;s two wives stay in Kubwa. He also promised to foot the bill of late Salihu&#8217;s children from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[759,3111,1741],"class_list":["post-32143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-bello","tag-outrider","tag-widows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}