Yahaya Bello on APC convention: We are now set to triumph

Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, has expressed delight with the outcome of the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a statement by Kingsley Fanwo, his spokesman, Bello said the party has survived a “major political scare” by going through a “non-controversial, credible and fair national convention”.

According to him, the APC is now set to “compete and triumph” in the 2019 general election.

He added that the “calm and wisdom” of John Oyegun, former national chairman of APC, “helped us to pull through”.

Oyegun had quit his re-election bid because “I do not intend to be part of the problem for APC to solve.”

“We have done it again. Our former chairman went through his tenure unscathed,” Bello said.

“It is a demonstration of our capacity as a party to manage different interests within the larger interest of promoting the ideology of the party which was built on justice, fairness and a patriotic decision to rescue our nation from retrogression.

“We made no mistake about our determination to ensure we go into the 2019 polls as a united family. Now, we are set to compete and triumph in 2019.

“Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led the party through testing periods but his calm and wisdom helped us to pull through. APC will be eternally grateful to such a selfless patriot.

“I also congratulate all those who worked with Chief Oyegun in the NWC. Their selflessness made our party stronger.

“To my brother and the new chairman of our party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, I say a big congratulation to him and all the newly elected party executives.

“The successful transition from one NWC of the party to another is a huge success that has seen us set a pace in party management and administration.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has helped the party attain greatness with his personality, discipline, fairness and accommodation of people with special abilities in the executive of the party from the wards to the national level. As a party, we have proven that power is in the hands of the people.”