Hon Collins Bello, the Immediate Past Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ika South Local Government Area, was last Saturday elected as the state financial secretary of the party.
The former councillor was almost returned for a second term as local government area party chairman if not for a few undercuts by some party elders who were scared of his independent leadership and uncompromising stance on loyalty to party structure.
Hon Bello replaces Hon Ralph Azeh in that position as he was recently appointed a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Okowa.
Some party members who spoke immediately after the party congress held at The Cenotaph in Asaba, hoped that the straight-talking party administrator will use the position to negotiate for Ika South in the complex party matrix.
