Faleke’s Tribunal Suit, A Disrespect To APC- Owotunse

A human right activist, Mr.
Emmanuel Owotunse has taken a swipe at Hon. James Faleke for approaching the
tribunal over the choice of Alh. Yahaya Bello as the party’s candidate to
replace late Prince Abubakar Audu, saying Faleke’s action was an affront to the
authority of the party.

Speaking with Vanguard in Lokoja,
Monday, Owotunse said the action of the party was based on the fact that Yahaya
Bello was the most constitutionally qualified to replace the late Audu.

He said: “Faleke is taking too
many wrong steps. His lawyers are surely misleading him into taking decisions
that will burn his political fingers.

“Moreso, the fact that Faleke is a
close ally of the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is
raising concerns that the decision of Faleke to go to the tribunal may affect
party cohesion as the National Working Committee will surely be disappointed by
the new twist in the whole saga.

He added “I am not happy that
Faleke is giving a wrong impression of himself. He set out to be Deputy
Governor ab initio. Why and when did he become desperate to be the governor of
the state? If the party gave him the ticket for the supplementary poll, the
tribunal would have nullified his election because he never took part in the
governorship primaries. Is he indirectly working for the emergence of PDP?

“Faleke should beware of political
jobbers around him who are reaping bountifully from his wrong steps. He should
accept the position of his party and move on with his political life”.