Ahead of the historic decision to be announced by the
national working committee of the all progressives congress in abuja today,
strong indications have shown that yahaya bello may be declared as the candidate
of the party ahead of the december 5 supplementary poll of the party.
A member
of the national working committee who craved anonymity confided in vanguard
that the decision to field yahaya bello was informed by his status as the
runner-up up in the governorship primaries of the party, held on august 29 at
the confluence stadium, lokoja.
According
to the nwc member, the party may shelve the fresh primaries earlier proposed
and declare yahaya bello as replacement for the late prince abubakar audu.
In his
words: “we have been working round the clock to resolve the kogi issue. Inec
has given us the green light to come up with a replacement for the late prince
abubakar audu.
Initially,
we thought of organizing a fresh primary election. But with the current
scenario, we have resolved to follow advice from informed quarters in order not
to play into the hands of the pdp.
“Bringing
a fresh candidate now may throw up some legal issues as the primary we had in
august has not been voided. As a party of change, we have to ensure we do
things in accordance with the law.
“We are
presently building consensus around the decision as we need to put our house in
order before making any announcement”.
The
source however said there were still a handful of opposition from powerful
quarters against the nomination of yahaya bello but that the presidency is
insisting on the party towing the path of constitutionalism on the kogi
governorship issue.
Alh. Yahaya
bello is an alumnus of the prestigious ahmadu bello university, zaria and a
fellow of the institute of chattered accountants of nigeria. A successful
business entrepreneur, alh. Yahaya bello had a successful stint with the
revenue mobilization and fiscal commission. He hails from agassa in okene.
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