Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, cries out as flood takes over 10 Kogi Local Governments
19 September 2018 |
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Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has said he was in Abuja to brief President Muhammadu Buhari about the flood incidence that is ravaging the state.
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