10th NASS: Akpabio Still In The Race For Senate Presidency - Afegbua

“So we are saying, yes we brought huge votes for the party but we can’t go that way, you cannot simply say South-East should take the Senate Presidency, you must look at what they brought to the party. Politics is about interest. Others cannot work hard for others to benefit. The South-South worked hard and should reap the reward of hard-working.”

The Senator pointed out that: “it is sad that the South-East have no faith in our party, they hardly even have faith in their political leaders. So it will be wrong and bad precedence to zone the Senate Presidency to the South-East. It is the right of the South-South and they should have it, that is the right thing to do and I tell you this, if the party does not take this into account, it will be shocked at the end of the day.

“Look! Like many have said including some analysts, the scenario and dynamics of 1999 and 2003 are completely different. The PDP had the South-East as its stronghold in the South, so it was convinent to zone the Senate Presidency there. Today it is different, the APC is stronger in the South-South and those talking about South-East must understand that votes gave us victory not primordial sentiments.

He maintained that the position of some that an Igbo Senate Presidency will end restiveness and agitations in the South-East was just dramatic, asking that: “are those people also aware that there can also be renewed restiveness in the South-South should they be denied the Senate Presidency having contributed so much to the APC victory?”

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