The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the party misgivings about the outcome of the Bayelsa State Governorship election.
The APC chairman told State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday that although the party APC had a lot of reservations about the final result, it would examine the issues critically and come up with a position soon.
He said, “The Bayelsa election has come and gone. We have very deep regret that there was so much unnecessary bloodshed in the process.
“We have a lot of reservations, some of which our candidate had very eloquently expressed. We are going to examine what has come out very, very carefully and decide the next line of action.”
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Governor Seriake Dickson, had been declared winner of the governorship election, defeating APC’s Chief Timipre Sylva with a margin of 48,146 votes.
Sylva, however, rejected the outcome, saying he would head to court to seek redress.
Meanwhile, the APC chairman, who spoke with correspondents after a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee with President Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock, said that as far as the party was concerned, the Kogi election issue was over.
He explained that all issues arising from the election were currently before various courts, adding that the party would leave the courts to decide on them.
Describing the meeting with the President as a normal interactive meeting, Odigie-Oyegun said the NWC briefed Buhari on the state of the party, the current challenges and the 78 reruns in which the APC would participate.
He added that the President also briefed them on the state of the nation and the work the administration was doing in the face of intense challenges.
Oyegun also said that despite the allegation of partisanship against the Buhari’s anti-corruption war, the party did now owe anyone an apology.
He said, “We must get use to the fact that in the process of cleansing this nation, there is going to be a lot to be done.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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When Osun won their election, The First thing that GEJ did was congratulate him, in the Spirit of Democracy, yet the state Gov still insulted the motive. APC is a party that can't tolerate defeat down to their followers and that's bad for democracy.
ReplyDeleteMy strong advice to this APC government is that don't contemplate cancelling any election to conduct another one cos there will still be bloodshed even if done 100 times. Silva should accept defeat and allow the state move forward. Any attempt to disturb the peace in Bayelsa will have negative effect on Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteHnmmmmmmmmmm, APC and never say die spirit, why is it that any state SPCA lost election dey never accept defeat? But if dey won it is always free and fair Abi?go to court apc.
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