After lot of reactions have trailed the recent poll shift but earlier today, the Senate president, David Mark today has fought it out heavily with Senator Babafemi Ojudu who said he was part of the brains behind the poll shift.
According to Punch report Mark took it upon himself to tackle Ojudu today because Ojudu, who is representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District in the upper chamber had in a media report, allegedly accused Mark of masterminding the shift of the polls. Mark however in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, described the allegation by Ojodu as“an undignifying mischief least expected of a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Mark, who is a Peoples Democratic Party senator, representing Benue South Senatorial District, made it known in the statement how surprised and disappointed he was when he got wind of the mischievous allegations. He swore that he was never a part to the postponement of the elections making it known that he was not in any meeting in which the poll shift was decided. Accusing Ojodu of sheer deceit and attempting to drag the good name of the Senate into the mud, Mark said:
“I have neither canvassed the postponement or deferment of 2015 election nor has my body language ever suggested that.“I am shocked that distinguished Senator Ojudu could descend to this level of mischief and blackmail for reasons that I am yet to understand. “How could I call for the deferment of elections? Whereas I ran for the primary election of my party, the People’s Democratic Party and was elected unopposed.
“I picked and filled the Independent National Electoral Commission forms; I had commenced a rigorous campaign that took me to the length and breadth of my senatorial district. How else could I have shown commitment to the process. “In no unmistakable terms, when the issue of insurgency came to the floor of the Senate and a Distinguished Senator introduced the issue of election I had cautioned that the issue before the Senate had nothing to do with election and that the issue before us in the Senate was insurgency and terrorism.
“I do hope Senator Ojodu has not embarked on a voyage to re-write history to suit his clandestine intentions. “I know these are desperate times for a lot of politicians. But it has not called for this outright mischief. Different political affiliations notwithstanding, we all have a common goal to maintain the sanctity of our peace and unity. “If Senator Ojodu feels strongly about any issue, he had opportunity to make his point before his colleagues and certainly not grandstanding in the media arena. “This is not personal but in the collective interest of Nigeria and Nigerians. The country is bigger than any of us. Our unity must be held sacrosanct.
The Senate , Mark maintained, will always remain one united family held together by national interest and would always stand together to defend national unity.
It would be recalled that few days ago, the Senate president in a statement issued in Abuja, said the postponement was necessary because it will calm the fears and tension accompanying the conduct of the 2015 general elections.
According to Punch report Mark took it upon himself to tackle Ojudu today because Ojudu, who is representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District in the upper chamber had in a media report, allegedly accused Mark of masterminding the shift of the polls. Mark however in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, described the allegation by Ojodu as“an undignifying mischief least expected of a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Mark, who is a Peoples Democratic Party senator, representing Benue South Senatorial District, made it known in the statement how surprised and disappointed he was when he got wind of the mischievous allegations. He swore that he was never a part to the postponement of the elections making it known that he was not in any meeting in which the poll shift was decided. Accusing Ojodu of sheer deceit and attempting to drag the good name of the Senate into the mud, Mark said:
“I have neither canvassed the postponement or deferment of 2015 election nor has my body language ever suggested that.“I am shocked that distinguished Senator Ojudu could descend to this level of mischief and blackmail for reasons that I am yet to understand. “How could I call for the deferment of elections? Whereas I ran for the primary election of my party, the People’s Democratic Party and was elected unopposed.
“I picked and filled the Independent National Electoral Commission forms; I had commenced a rigorous campaign that took me to the length and breadth of my senatorial district. How else could I have shown commitment to the process. “In no unmistakable terms, when the issue of insurgency came to the floor of the Senate and a Distinguished Senator introduced the issue of election I had cautioned that the issue before the Senate had nothing to do with election and that the issue before us in the Senate was insurgency and terrorism.
“I do hope Senator Ojodu has not embarked on a voyage to re-write history to suit his clandestine intentions. “I know these are desperate times for a lot of politicians. But it has not called for this outright mischief. Different political affiliations notwithstanding, we all have a common goal to maintain the sanctity of our peace and unity. “If Senator Ojodu feels strongly about any issue, he had opportunity to make his point before his colleagues and certainly not grandstanding in the media arena. “This is not personal but in the collective interest of Nigeria and Nigerians. The country is bigger than any of us. Our unity must be held sacrosanct.
The Senate , Mark maintained, will always remain one united family held together by national interest and would always stand together to defend national unity.
It would be recalled that few days ago, the Senate president in a statement issued in Abuja, said the postponement was necessary because it will calm the fears and tension accompanying the conduct of the 2015 general elections.
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