Hon. Umar Mohammed Bago, a member of the House of
Representatives, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) made a
mistake by zoning the leadership of the lower chamber to the South-West.
Briefing journalists yesterday in Abuja, Bago who is a
third-time federal lawmaker from Chanchanga constituency of Niger State, said
his refusal to back down from the race was to correct the mistake made by the
party.
The lawmaker also claimed that the South-East and the
North-Central were the greatest casualties of the zoning formula of the APC.
According to him, the two regions feel marginalized by the
decision of the party to zone the speakership of the 9th Assembly to the
region.
He added that he is contesting the position to provide an
alternative against the bad choice made by the party.
He said, “We are saying that we’re not antagonizing the
party either. We’re only providing an alternative for the wrong choice the
party has made ab initio, so that the party might have a rethink before Tuesday
and say okay, we’ve made a mistake, let us do things rightly.”
Asked if Gbajabiamila is a bad choice because of the
accusation of fraud against him, Bago said, “No, (he) is a wrong choice by the
zoning. The party alienated two zones in their consideration, the North-central
and the South-east.
“In the North-central where I’m from, we know we deserve to
produce the speaker based on what we brought to the table for APC to be
victorious. This is something that nobody can doubt, the figures are there.”
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