Former Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, expresses feelings of betrayal following his loss to Senator Godswill Akpabio in the race for the Senate Presidency.
Akpabio, the anointed candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), secured 63 votes to emerge as the President of the 10th Senate, while Yari received 46 votes.
In an interview held on Thursday in Abuja, Yari revealed that his calculations, as of 3 am on Tuesday, indicated that he would gather at least 61 out of the available 109 votes, which would have ensured his victory.
Despite feeling let down by the turn of events, the former Zamfara governor acknowledged that only God knows what truly transpired.
“Yes, I can say there was a betrayal. That’s the truth because as we are taking stock as of 3 am, Monday-Tuesday election, we took stock of over 76. But as usual, human beings, we thought we are going to get a pullout of about 15 which we will have a comfortable 61 to win the election,” Yari expressed.
“But it’s become the reverse which only God knows what happened. So, I feel betrayed but life continues and it’s a cycle.”
Apart from Akpabio, Senator Jibrin Barau, representing Kano North Senatorial District, was elected unopposed as the Senate Deputy President, succeeding Ovie Omo-Agege.
In the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, a member representing Zaria Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, was elected as the Speaker of the Green Chamber, while Benjamin Kalu, a representative of Bende Federal Constituency in Abia State, assumed the role of Deputy Speaker.
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