“I want to appeal to APC members of the National Assembly, both Senate and the House of Representatives to please respect the party, the views of the party and the decision that they themselves took in selecting the persons that will be presented to the National Assembly as presiding officers: The House of Representatives level, Gbajabiamila and at the Senate level, Lawan.
“I want to make it quite clear that all the party did was to provide the platform for all elected members of the party. No other person joined them in stating their preferences. It is still left for the house itself to elect their own leaders, and the house is made up of both APC and non-APC members.
“But we, the APC, thought rightly in my view that we should provide a platform for our members of the National Assembly to state their preferences for the key offices in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. This they have freely done by themselves in the presence of the party leadership and almost the entire NWC.
“But it seems that some of the aspirants are not satisfied with the preferences of the majority of the members either of the House or the Senate. So, for me and the NWC, this is an appeal that no individual interest should be allowed to override the interest of the party as a whole. Members contested on the platform of the party, and the party did not contest on the platform of members. So the party’s views and method of doing things should be respected.
“My appeal is that they respect the arrangement that has been made by the party, that they respect the views expressed in a secret vote that the majority of the members of the House of Representatives and their senior colleagues, the Senate and let peace be.
“We have preached change and you cannot undertake change with a flip. The change must start with the conduct of members of the party themselves. The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo will also address members of both houses, and I hope that thereafter, peace will prevail.”
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