The National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, has explained that the party
decided to pick Yahaya Bello, the current governor-elect to replace late
Abubakar Audu in order to avoid “legal pitfalls”.
Speaking during a reconciliatory
meeting with all relevant APC groups from Kogi east district on Thursday in
Abuja, Mr. Odigie-Oyegun said the party took the decision knowing that some
persons might feel offended but quickly added that the decision was taken in
the best interest “of a group that was on the doorstep of victory”.
“So in the circumstance, we did
what we interpreted legally as the best way out of the jam we were in, always
having our eyes on the Peoples Democratic Party and what they may likely bring
up in court,” he said.