Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja
As it goes into the governorship elections, in Kogi and Bayelsa states next month, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is confident of victory.
Responding to some of the issues bedeviling the party and how they might affect it in the nearest electoral contests, its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said many of the issues were being handled, assuring that the party is most confident of victory in the upcoming governorship elections, especially in Kogi State.
Addressing the issue of non-convening of the apex decision-making body of the party, the National Executive Council (NEC), Issa-Onilu explained that the NEC had not been held because of the activities surrounding the 2019 general elections, as they concerned the party, adding that now that most of these activities had been done with, the party is set for its NEC meeting.
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“You know we just had an election and during that period we were having meetings, even though not called NEC meetings, but almost all those people that are supposed to be in NEC were involved in several of those meetings, but there was no need as of that time to call a NEC meeting because of those activities. Now we don’t have any reason not to call it so we expect that anytime soon, there should be a NEC meeting. Any call for it at this time is legitimate and reasonable”, he said.
He, however, gave assurances that the party will do very well in the upcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi, noting that the chances are better for the party in Kogi because of the works done by the governor, Mr Yahaya Bello.
He however charged the stakeholders in Bayelsa to gird their loins for the party to have a brilliant outing in the state. “I can comment more competently on Kogi because I understand what is going on in Kogi and I know that Kogi is stable for us, I have no problem with it, I know we are going to win by God’s grace and by works on ground, we are poised to win Kogi landslide. This is also because Governor Yahya Bello has done very well, notwithstanding what you see in the media, the situation on ground in Kogi gives us confidence. For Bayelsa, if the stakeholders involved do the right thing, we don’t have any reason not to win Bayelsa”, he said.