The All Progressives Congress (APC) has
explained that it decided to go for Yahya Bello as it had to pick
someone it could defend in court.
Bello was selected by the APC to fill the void created by Abubakar Audu, the gubernatorial candidate of the APC who passed away shortly after the election in Kogi. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) allowed the APC to select a replacement for the re-run election.
Bello eventually won the election although the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has already rejected the result.
The Nation reports that Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the national chairman of the APC said on Thursday, December 17 that the selection of Bello as Audu’s replacement did not go down well with some people and that moves were being made to reconcile the aggrieved persons.
In a meeting with leaders of the APC from Kogi East senatorial district, Oyegun said the party knew some people would get offended by the decision to pick Bello but it was the right thing to do.
Oyegun said:“INEC asked us to replace the late Prince Abubakar Audu, The party opted for something can we defend better if they go to court. That was the basis of our decision. But of course it created understandable anguish.
“We took the decision knowing fully well that someone was bound to get offended. And we were very conscious of the very peculiar circumstance of a group that was on the doorstep of victory. So in the circumstance, we did what we interpreted legally as the best way out of the logjam we were in, always having our eyes on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and what they may likely bring up in court.
“So what we are trying to do is to say we know you are badly bruised, we hope tempers are cooling down. We hope we can now talk about the next steps that will restore some semblance of normalcy all over Kogi State.
“In politics, everybody works for his own inheritance. It is not passed on from father to child. Of course the father can help the child and no question about that. The child can benefit from the father’s influence, personality and the rest. But he has to earn it. Politics is not an inheritance.”
Bello was selected by the APC to fill the void created by Abubakar Audu, the gubernatorial candidate of the APC who passed away shortly after the election in Kogi. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) allowed the APC to select a replacement for the re-run election.
Bello eventually won the election although the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has already rejected the result.
The Nation reports that Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the national chairman of the APC said on Thursday, December 17 that the selection of Bello as Audu’s replacement did not go down well with some people and that moves were being made to reconcile the aggrieved persons.
In a meeting with leaders of the APC from Kogi East senatorial district, Oyegun said the party knew some people would get offended by the decision to pick Bello but it was the right thing to do.
Oyegun said:“INEC asked us to replace the late Prince Abubakar Audu, The party opted for something can we defend better if they go to court. That was the basis of our decision. But of course it created understandable anguish.
“We took the decision knowing fully well that someone was bound to get offended. And we were very conscious of the very peculiar circumstance of a group that was on the doorstep of victory. So in the circumstance, we did what we interpreted legally as the best way out of the logjam we were in, always having our eyes on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and what they may likely bring up in court.
“So what we are trying to do is to say we know you are badly bruised, we hope tempers are cooling down. We hope we can now talk about the next steps that will restore some semblance of normalcy all over Kogi State.
“In politics, everybody works for his own inheritance. It is not passed on from father to child. Of course the father can help the child and no question about that. The child can benefit from the father’s influence, personality and the rest. But he has to earn it. Politics is not an inheritance.”
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