The governor arrived with a large group of his supporters and was first received by the Organization’s APC Director, Abubakar Kyari.
Bello had boasted in June that, in a blunt reaction to questions about his political power, he would be re-elected without hassles.
On July 4, Bello’s vocal critic, Senator Dino Melaye, selected his nomination form from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) State Secretariat in the business of aides.