Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, is reported to have finally yielded to superior argument in favour of the idea of a primary election in the selection of the party’s flag bearer in the 2019 governorship election. Hitherto, it was everywhere that he had favoured the consensus option. The position of those against the consensus arrangement is based on their perception that candidacy of the senator’s anointed, in the person of Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, the incumbent deputy governor, would have hurt the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polls. The apprehension is a reflection of the popular opinion of APC members and the electorate.
On the surface, Senator Wamakko deserves to be praised for toeing the line of his Lagos State counterpart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, by listening to the voice of the majority and embracing the spirit of democracy. However, not a few are sceptical that he would, at the end of the day, allow the wheel of democracy to roll without encumbrances. This…
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