How Saraki, 15 senators were punished for dumping APC – Oshiomhole
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, November 18, said all 16 senators who defected to other parties with former Senate president, Bukola Saraki in July 2018 have been punished by Nigerians.
Speaking at the state house in Abuja where he led a delegation to present, Bayelsa state governor-elect, David Lyon, to President Muhammadu Buhari, Oshiomhole said the 16 senators who defected were punished by their respective constituencies for being disloyal, The Nation reports. The APC national chairman noted that Senator Dino Melaye who was also among the defectors would soon have his turn going by the results of the election in Kogi west senatorial district. I think the only that is still struggling now is Dino Melaye but as you can see from the result so car, Senator Smart Adeyemi is leading by over 20,000 votes even though INEC insists we must have a re-run for the remaining areas we are confident that there is no way he can make up for 20,000 vote deficit," Oshiomhole said. “I think the lesson for us to be learnt as a party is rather clear, that when politicians go to the polls to collect mandate on a particular political platform and then they dumped the party for another party, the electorate will always be waiting for them. The APC leader stated the party was thankful to God for making the governorship election in Bayelsa state successful, he also thanked the people for voting for the party’s candidate in the poll. Meanwhile the APC national chairman has previously taken a dig at former senate president Bukola Saraki after he lost his bid to return to the house of senate under the platform of the PDP. The APC chairman referred to Saraki's political career as dead, after he lost his senatorial election and the state was also taken over from the PDP by the national ruling party APC.
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