The national chairman of All Progressives Congress, John Oyegun, on Wednesday has described the chances of his party losing the Senate President position to opposition People’s Democratic Party as one of the sacrifices the ruling party is prepared to take.
The chairman said that the ruling party will not go against its change mantra by interfering with the judicial system in a bid to save embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki who is standing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
In an interview published by PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday, Mr. Oyegun said; “Well, I don’t think we will lose that position
“But sometimes, for change to take place, there is price you have to pay. So losing the position may be sacrifice for change.”
Apparently amid criticisms from party leaders, Mr. Oyegun told journalists at the party’s secretariat on Wednesday that he was misunderstood.
“That misunderstanding is still on?” he rhetorically ask the journalists.
He said, “Let me put it simply. There were basically two points that I was making. Number one, as a party of change even as a party, we cannot interfere in a judicial process that is ongoing. That was clear. And when they asked about the senate, I said under no circumstance can we compromise on the leadership of the senate.
“We are the majority party and the issue doesn’t even really arise but unfortunately the way it was put, the misinterpretation has been a little bit too intense and that is clear. It just doesn’t arise at all. The issue, the argument and the rest doesn’t arise. If somebody wants to theorise and postulate, that’s a different matter. It doesn’t arise.”
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