Despite losing his bid to return
to the senate, Godswill Akpabio, senator representing Akwa Ibom north-west,
says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost the presidential election the day
he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The former senate minority leader
joined the ruling party in August, with APC celebrating his decision to quit
the opposition party.
Some political pundits had said
one of the reasons APC flagged off its presidential campaign in Akwa Ibom was
because of the influence Akpabio commands.
He had also boasted that he would
deliver Akwa Ibom for Buhari but he could neither fulfil the promise or secure
his seat.
But speaking in an interview with
Channels Television‘s Seun Okinbaloye, Akpabio said “My former party lost from
the day I stepped out of it.”
Akpabio said the PDP became
lighter when he moved to the ruling party with thousands of his supporters.
He said this depleted the PDP’s
numbers and by extension its chances of winning the elections.
The former governor of Akwa Ibom
however, noted that the PDP would not have been able to defeat Buhari even if
he was there because Nigerians wanted continuity.
“I believe strongly that the
president needed to be re-elected,” Akpabio said.
Speaking about his loss at the
senatorial poll, Akpabio said he was robbed.
“Those responsible, whether the
REC in Akwa-Ibom state or those he instructed know the reality, my plea now is
that they should announce my result,” he said.
“The reality is that I am asking
for justice. I am saying that INEC should be bold enough to do the right thing.
“I am disappointed that a state
with so much followership as far as the party is concerned, the state that
loves President Buhari so much was not allowed as a result of a conspiracy to
bring out the votes.”
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You better go home and sleep, who will elect you again? you mean Akwa-Ibom people? no no no, time up!
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