The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has opened up on the worst mistake he made in the recent past as the APC chairman, which if given a second chance he will undo.

He disclosed this “bad mistake” to Daily Trust in an interview, stating that his decision to call a meeting of the federal lawmakers elected on the platform of his party on the day the eight National Assembly was inaugurated was a terrible mistake, stressing that if he had not listened to the advice of those who persuaded him to do so, the Peoples Democratic Party wouldn’t have produced the deputy Senate President.

According to Oyegun, “There are lots of decisions, not just one, some of which are private. If you want to limit it to the recent past, I would say the decision to call the meeting that took place on the day the National Assembly was inaugurated. That was a bad mistake.

“I was persuaded and I agreed to call that meeting. Had it been it did not take place, we probably won’t have a PDP person there today as the deputy Senate president. The anger within the leadership of the party may not have turned out as strong as it became.”

It would be recalled that following the inability of the federal lawmakers to choose a consensus candidate to lead them at the inauguration of the National Assembly, the ruling party leadership had reportedly scheduled a meeting with the lawmakers for 9am same day of inauguration.

However, before APC Senators, who are in the majority, could return from the meeting which took place at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, their PDP colleagues helped to install Saraki as the Senate President, electing one of their own, Ike Ekweremadu as his Deputy.

freeze001:
Long stories and contradictory tales. I thought d meeting was at d behest of d president who was supposed to be at the venue?

I'm not surprised though cos it showed Nigerians early on the kind of representatives they voted thar would rather elevate mere party functions over their constitutional duties which includes d inauguration of the Senate. They were expecting the Senate to be on hold for them because they're d almighty APC

DrRasheed:
If there is life there is hope. Saraki must go !!

midolian:
So this man called for that meeting

I am highly disappointed

Behold, one of the problems facing this great country!

khrisluv:
ndi araaaaaaaa zooooooo republic

midolian:


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