Kogi: Why We Couldn’t Choose Audu’s Son As His Replacement- APC

    The National Chairman of the All
    Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun has explained that the party
    decided to pick Yahaya Bello, the current governor-elect to replace late
    Abubakar Audu in order to avoid “legal pitfalls”.
    Speaking during a reconciliatory
    meeting with all relevant APC groups from Kogi east district on Thursday in
    Abuja, Mr. Odigie-Oyegun said the party took the decision knowing that some
    persons might feel offended but quickly added that the decision was taken in
    the best interest “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 jam we were in, always
    having our eyes on the Peoples Democratic Party and what they may likely bring
    up in court,” he said.

    “INEC asked us to replace the late
    Prince Abubakar Audu, good! Which one can we defend better if they go to court.
    That was the basis of our decision. But of course it created understandable
    anguish.
    Kogi east is where the late Audu
    came from and they had produced governors in the state in every democratic
    dispensation since the state was created.
    Many party stalwarts in the area
    had wanted the party to be led by the son of the late Mr. Audu, Mohammed, to
    replace his father as a form of compensation.
    “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 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,” the APC chairman told the group.
    The delegation to the meeting was
    led by the Kogi state APC Chairman, Haddy Amefuo, as well as some Kogi East
    political leaders.
    The APC chairman assured the late
    Audu political family that they would play important roles in the political
    arrangements in Kogi state.
    Premium Times gathered that a
    meeting between the APC leadership and “core” members of the late Audu
    political family would hold soon.
    We also learnt that those expected
    to attend that meeting are Daniel Isah, Director General, Abubakar Audu
    Campaign Organisation and zonal Vice Chairman of the APC; Mohammed Audu, son of
    the late candidate; former Minister, Humphrey Abbah; amongst others.

    Kogi state APC Chairman, Haddy
    Amefuo in a short remark after the meeting said the leaders from the zone has
    decided to stand by the decision of the party’s leadership and close ranks.

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