Yahaya Adoza Bello became the Governor of Kogi State at the young age of 40. He presently holds the record as the youngest person to preside over a state since the return of democratic governance in Nigeria in 1999. His emergence as Governor also has some form of divine intervention. The man that was actually
His being from a minority group in the state also gave his people, the Ebira, who have never produced a governor in the state, the feeling of pride and accomplishment.