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The truth of the matter is that people don’t want to accept that our choices have consequence(s).
A lot of aspirants bought APC’s presidential nomination and expression of interest forms last year.
A lot of aspirants bought APC’s presidential nomination and expression of interest forms last year.
But it was not everyone who paid N100m for the form that really hoped of winning the ticket. Some bought it to negotiate while some were only hallucinating. Tunde Bakare falls into the last category.
In the case of Sen Orji Uzor Kalu, he tried to see that the ticket was micro zoned to SE but that did not happen.
He then weighed his options and after Lawan had secured the backing of the party’s chairman, he withdrew from the race and pitched his tent with Lawan.
He then weighed his options and after Lawan had secured the backing of the party’s chairman, he withdrew from the race and pitched his tent with Lawan.
He was to be Lawan’s running mate and that was already agreed on. That was why he said that he was ready to work in Lawan’s kitchen.
He was very clear about his choice and Lawan was not to betray their agreement.
He was very clear about his choice and Lawan was not to betray their agreement.
Any right thinking person would know that a former two term Governor and Senator won’t suddenly rate Lawan above himself so much if there wasn’t something beyond the ordinary.
Three days to the primary, the Chairman tried to play his card but the rest of the NWC refused to accept his request by insisting that the primary must hold.
They asked him to take them to the President so the President could tell them directly that Lawan was his choice but he could not because President Buhari never said such thing.
OUK held to his gun by remaining with Lawan. He was so determined that he would become the next Vice President which was not a wrong decision to make.
And on the night of the primary, Sen Godswill Obot Akpabio, another aspirant who also bought the forms decided to step down for
And on the night of the primary, Sen Godswill Obot Akpabio, another aspirant who also bought the forms decided to step down for
Asiwaju and he was the first to do so.
In Tinubu’s camp, he became the most celebrated among all aspirants who stepped down.
He went back to run for Senate and like Kalu, he won too.
In Tinubu’s camp, he became the most celebrated among all aspirants who stepped down.
He went back to run for Senate and like Kalu, he won too.
There are a lot of criteria to be considered in electing the next President of the Senate and in all of the criteria, the consequence(s) of the above political move by these two great men will also play a major role as we expect SE and SS to slug it out on June 5..
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