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The Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday while speaking with newsmen said that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, could not be a godfather to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
“Atiku came to join what already existed, so he cannot be a father to APC. But what you should talk about Atiku joining APC is the fact that such an eminent Nigerian, one time vice president of a ruling party can find comfort in leaving the party to join the alternative platform. I think that is the big story. You should find out how those he left behind feel and what that amounts to,” he said.
Speaking about the election time table, he said that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had to explain why it decided to climb “a tree from the top rather than from the bottom.”
He noted that several elections had been conducted in the country and the presidential election had never come first until now.
He suggested that it would have been proper for INEC to do some test runs with smaller units first, learn lessons and improve on the method before the presidential elections, which he called the big one.
Mr. Oshiomhole said if INEC failed in the presidential elections all other elections would equally fail.
“Atiku came to join what already existed, so he cannot be a father to APC. But what you should talk about Atiku joining APC is the fact that such an eminent Nigerian, one time vice president of a ruling party can find comfort in leaving the party to join the alternative platform. I think that is the big story. You should find out how those he left behind feel and what that amounts to,” he said.
Speaking about the election time table, he said that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had to explain why it decided to climb “a tree from the top rather than from the bottom.”
He noted that several elections had been conducted in the country and the presidential election had never come first until now.
He suggested that it would have been proper for INEC to do some test runs with smaller units first, learn lessons and improve on the method before the presidential elections, which he called the big one.
Mr. Oshiomhole said if INEC failed in the presidential elections all other elections would equally fail.