'Everyone was involved. The president was involved, the vice President was involved, the secretary government of the federation was involved, the governors all against me alone and those that supported me.'
A former Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, said he was defeated by a gang up of some top government officials when he contested for the position of the senate president against Godswil Akpabio on Tuesday.
In the election for the senate president held on during the inauguration of the 10th Senate, Mr Akpabio defeated Mr Yari by 63 to 46 votes. The senate is made up of 109 senators. “I never dreamt of not winning. From the day we started taken count of those with us, we had a number that showed we were in the majority. But you should not forget that I didn’t contest against Akpabio because if I knew I would not be up against Akpabio, I would not have joined the race,” he said.
“Everyone was involved. The president was involved, the vice president was involved, the secretary government of the federation was involved, the governors all against me alone and those that supported me.
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