THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF YAHAYA BELLO BEING SWORN IN AS KOGI STATE GOVERNOR By Femi Aborisade, Esq. The swearing-in of Yahaya Bello as Governor of Kogi State appears unconstitutional not just because he was sworn-in without a Governor but fundamentally and primarily because he had no validly nominated Deputy Governor. This is because his nominated Deputy Governor publicly rejected his nomination as Deputy Governor. Faleke also claimed he informed INEC to discountenance his name as Deputy to Bello. Under Section 187(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, it would appear that the nomination of Yahaya Bello as Governor was unconstitutional and therefore invalid. If the nomination of Yahaya Bello as Governor was unconstitutional and invalid, it goes without saying that his being sworn-in as Governor (with or without a Deputy) remains equally unconstitutional, invalid, null and void. This is in line with the hallowed p...